Word: flew
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...This flew in the face of popular scientific belief, which held that all hepatocytes were similar, and therefore proved that there is in fact genetic variation among liver cells...
...voice has been one of the few public ones consistently opposing him. Yeltsin has said he has no desire to replace Gorbachev, but the President clearly does not trust him. After Soviet paratroops shot their way into the television tower in Lithuania last month, killing 15 demonstrators, Yeltsin flew off to neighboring Estonia and publicly condemned the deployment of soldiers against civilians. He then signed a mutual security treaty between the Russian federation and the three Baltic republics...
...himself encouraged enough to invite Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz to Moscow for new talks. Aziz arrived on Sunday, Feb. 17, by a roundabout route that underscored the total air supremacy the allies have achieved over Iraq. He was driven across the Iranian border, then helicoptered to Tehran, and flew from there to the Soviet capital. If he had flown directly from Baghdad, his plane might have been shot down...
...without the continuation of war. This time there was not the usual rhetoric from Aziz. He took the firm Soviet stand calmly, almost in a businesslike manner, showing no signs of displeasure. Aziz then returned to Baghdad to confer with Saddam. Three days later, on Thursday, Feb. 21, he flew back to Moscow with a reply. After another meeting between Aziz and Gorbachev, the U.S.S.R. emerged from the meeting with a fresh proposal that captured the world's attention. The Gorbachev plan, which incorporates an unconditional and complete withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait, was accepted by Baghdad...
About midnight Thursday, Iraq's foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, flew in to Moscow for an urgent session with President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on a Soviet proposal to end Iraq's 64-month-old occupation of Kuwait. The Soviets emerged from the talks to announce they and the Iraqis agreed on a withdrawal plan...