Word: falkland
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...expenses after he was charged with laundering campaign funds. (He later pleaded no contest and resigned his position.) Australia held a telethon to fund its 1984 Olympic team. In Argentina, a fundraising program was broadcast to finance the country's two-month war in 1982 with England over the Falkland Islands. (The islands are now a self-governing British territory, although Argentina still claims sovereignty...
...survival. "If there's going to be a comeback, it will be through managing the current economic crisis," says Greenberg. Pressed to name leaders who have rebounded from such a low ebb, Greenberg cited Margaret Thatcher, who was widely unpopular until she dispatched British troops to win back the Falkland Islands from Argentina. "What Gordon needs is a small war," he joked. There are none in sight, but - odd though it may sound - economic woes may yet give him some respite from the mutiny within his own ranks...
...close to 30. Running at night under blackout conditions, the largest British military armada since World War II began its long, slow voyage toward the South Atlantic. Far ahead of surface ships, nuclear-powered attack submarines already prowled the waters around the fleet's destination, the barren and windswept Falkland Islands...
Hunt painted a vivid picture of his own quixotic departure from the Falklands. He refused to shake hands with the Argentine general commanding the invaders, an attitude, his adversary said, that he found "very ungentlemanly." Retorted Hunt: "I think it very uncivilized to invade British territory. You are here illegally." Donning his ceremonial uniform and plumed hat, Hunt was then chauffeured to the Port Stanley airport in his official limousine (the same Austin model used as a London taxicab), with a small Union Jack fluttering defiantly from the hood. Said Hunt in London: "I am still Governor. We must...
...with proposals to discuss with General Galtieri. Less than a day after the British report, Reagan phoned the Argentine President. Speaking through translators, the two men talked for 50 minutes. Galtieri took up much of the time by giving Reagan a laborious lesson on the history of the Falkland Islands. Reagan offered to send a personal envoy of Galtieri's choice, including Vice President George Bush, to help prevent the invasion. The offer was rebuffed. What Reagan did not know was that even as he spoke to Galtieri, Argentine naval forces had been ordered to move on the Falklands...