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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explosive experts flew to Italy to see if the bombs in New Jersey and the blast in Naples were connected. The Naples suspect, Okudaira, was sought for a similar car-bomb attack on the U.S. embassy in Rome last June while President Reagan was attending a seven-nation economic summit in Venice. Okudaira's organization is believed to have trained in Lebanon with Islamic Jihad, a Shi'ite Muslim group with ties to Iran. Responsibility for the Naples explosion was claimed by various factions of Islamic Jihad, one saying the attack was in retribution for the U.S. air assault...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bombs In New Jersey and Naples | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...challenge. The ball would streak towards your head and then make a sharp right turn that would find the strike zone. But when the whiffle ball hung (maybe because the pitcher did not pay attention to the diagrams on the side of the official whiffle ball boxes), it usually flew across the street for a "forget that one"-type homer...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Seldom Whiff in Whiffle Ball | 4/23/1988 | See Source »

...Lount won the 1500 meters, and Lise Vansen took third. Vansen later ran the 3000 meters and placed second. Freshman Dorcas Mamboleo won the 400 meters, followed closely by teammate Carol Kirton. Sophomore Beth Pfefferle took first in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.5, and Harvard flew past Dartmouth and Brown in the women's mile relay with a time...

Author: By Chris Thorne, | Title: Harriers Fail to Keep Winning Streaks Alive | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

Harvard midfielder Robert Griffith opened the flood gates with a shot over the middle with 10 minutes left in the half. David Kramer followed, driving from midfield before releasing a shot from 30 feet which flew past Panther goalie Jim Cheeseman with six minutes remaining. Steve Lux and Kramer added goals before the half expired...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Traveling in Two Directions | 4/18/1988 | See Source »

...knew it was best for me to stay and work out in warm weather, but it was difficult when the team flew north," the fleet center fielder added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oil Can, Red Sox Stifle Brewers at Fenway, 6-3 | 4/14/1988 | See Source »

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