Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very grateful. It brought back some sad memories, but also many happy ones," said Corazon C. Aquino, who flew in from the Philippines to attend the service...
...goal of the attacks was clear: to drive out of Lebanon the troops of the U.S., France and the two other members of the Multi-National Force, Italy and Britain. In words and deeds, the four nations reaffirmed their intention to stay. French President Francois Mitterrand flew into Beirut on Monday to underscore his nation's commitment. He was followed two days later by Vice President George Bush, who visited the site of the carnage wearing a helmet and flak jacket. On Thursday, Secretary of State George Shultz conferred with his French, Italian and British counterparts in the Paris...
That same day, the Marine Commandant, General Paul X. Kelley, flew from Washington to inspect the damage. Accompanied by Colonel Timothy Geraghty, commander of the Marines in Beirut, Kelley watched silently as two more bodies were dragged out of the ruins. The next day, under a tight cloak of secrecy, Bush flew on Air Force Two from Washington to Cyprus, where he boarded a helicopter for the Iwo Jima. His arrival in Beirut was delayed for more than an hour when Marine positions east of the airport came under mortar attack from a Druze stronghold in the hills above...
...Force hospital on Cyprus.* The most seriously injured were sent to West Germany. When word of the explosion was flashed to the U.S. Air Force Hospital at Wiesbaden, where the U.S. hostages in Iran were first treated after their release in 1981, a trio of American doctors immediately flew to Beirut to accompany the victims back on the five-hour flight...
...member delegation, headed by the president of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court, flew into Boston Wednesday and met with Law School professors before holding an open forum Thursday night. The Nicaraguans then left for Princeton, New York, and Washington, where they were planning to me.: with a number of congressmen...