Word: flashes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...having first met then Iraqi Vice President Saddam Hussein in 1975. The story was written by the International section's Spencer Davidson, onetime acting Beirut bureau chief who has traveled extensively in the area since 1970. Says Davidson: "The Middle East has more crisis flash points than any other place in the world. This is an unfortunate circumstance, since the tradition of the people there is essentially one of great friendship and courtesy...
...Arkansas, the questions being raised about the Titan accident were much more parochial and intense. Cleburne County Judge Dan Verser asked at a hearing at Little Rock Air Force Base whether he should worry when warning lights flash and sirens howl at a Titan silo near his farm in Heber Springs, 25 miles east of Damascus. Colonel John Moser, commander of the 308th Strategic Missile Wing at Little Rock, replied that "99 times out of 100" the warnings are caused by equipment failure and "there is no need to evacuate until you're told to evacuate." Moser was quickly...
Regional Stability. The war brought cautious Arab support for Iraq, tempered by concern over possible retaliation by Iran. Yet despite their dislike for the Khomeini regime, the rulers of the conservative Arab gulf states were hardly happy with one more flash point in an area already troubled by the Arab-Israeli dispute in the west and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the east. An Iraqi victory would add a new name to the list of potential pan-Arab leaders, that of ambitious President Saddam Hussein, 43, who wants to make his country the dominant power in the gulf; defeat...
...Stanford Dollies, at least, may have shown some disappointment at Stanford's inability to score. These five girls dance to the band's music when the Cardinals reach the end zone. Since they love to dance (especially when the tune is "Jumpin' Jack Flash") their frowns were understandable. The Dollies don't like to be thought of as cheerleaders because "we don't lead cheers. We don't even use our pom--poms in half our routines," says Lenita Williamson, the Dolly leader. The Dollies wanted to be associated with the band, not with the Cardinals...
...accurate count of all the toxic-waste dumps is possible. Many reveal themselves only when a flash flood or gradual erosion exposes rusting and cracking drums. Searching for clandestine sites, some 100 EPA agents are tracking down reports of midnight dumping, or seeking out acrid odors permeating wooded acres or strange colors staining rivers and streams. So far, the EPA estimates that there are some 50,000 sites where chemicals have been dumped. The EPA believes that 2,000 of these dumps may pose serious health hazards...