Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Peace and quiet, Lebanese-style, descended on the shattered remnants of Beirut last week. On most days, only occasional bursts of machine-gun fire flew across the "green line" separating the Christian eastern part of the city from the predominantly Muslim west. Late in the week, heavier machine-gun and rocket duels erupted between Christian and Muslim militiamen, killing two people and wounding at least 27 others. But in the early stages of the uneasy Pax Syriana imposed two weeks ago by Syrian President Hafez Assad, the main participants in the Lebanese tragedy were trying to shift most of their...
...beyond Massachusetts, Hart's difficulties in exploiting his big New Hampshire win will be severe. "The immediate problem is money," said the Senator on victory night. The day after his triumph he flew to Denver to raise cash from home-state supporters. His campaign since Feb. 15 has received just enough contributions to pay current bills and stabilize its debt at an average of $300,000 to $400,000. The Mondale campaign, by contrast, had $2.5 million in the bank...
Iowa Democrats were sore about some competition from President Reagan who flew in to Iowa on caucus afternoon and made the media circus a two-ring affair. Reagan, whose job rating has dropped 12% since January, gave campaign speeches to 7,600 in Waterloo's Cattle Congress auditorium (only the Rolling StoneMn 1981, drew a bigger crowd) and to 7,000 more in Des Moines. Like most lowans, Democrat Sam Kauffman, a barber in Audubon (pop. 2,841), got a kick out of all the national attention. Said he "We don't get the chance for that kind...
Princess Vaughn's parents attended the trial daily, dressed in black. They flew in from California on Wednesday for the sentencing...
Mondale, who found out that be had lost while attending a fundraiser dinner in Boston flew to Manchester early yesterday evening. At a pre flight news conference at Logan Airport a somber Mondale vowed, "I'm going to be campaigning all out because I believe I will be nominated...