Word: fortress
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...government not only on economic affairs but also over foreign issues like Mitterrand's support for NATO's plan to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Western Europe. After learning of Fabius' appointment, members of the party politburo met in emergency session at the Communists' fortress-like glass-and-steel headquarters. Despite three hours of deliberation, they were unable to agree on how to react. The indecision continued even after Party Leader Georges Marchais had hastily returned from his vaca tion on the beaches of Rumania. A Communist delegation met with Fabius to ask for guarantees that...
...days before the Dikko kidnapping, TIME Nairobi Bureau Chief James Wilde made his way past heavy security at State House, in the heart of a fortress of whitewashed stones and manicured lawns in Lagos, to interview Major General Mohammed Buhari. Above the three rows of ribbons on his crisply starched shirt, the lean Nigerian leader was wearing a button with the slogan "War Against Indiscipline." His shoes were as shiny as mirrors, and behind his gold-rimmed glasses, gentle smile and soft voice, he exuded a quiet air of power. Excerpts from the discussion...
...skit, Labor chastised Likud for seeming to claim that nothing had been accomplished in Israel before Begin came to power in 1977. "Did you hear, the Likud built Masada?" a comedian asked in a reference to the fabled mountain fortress at which Jewish warriors held off the Romans in the 1st century A.D. The Likud gave as good as it got by poking fun at Peres' ambiguous views. Imitating the Labor leader's voice, the jester answered one question...
Some of the most intriguing TV pictures, however, are likely to be flashed from outside the fortress-like George R. Moscone Convention Center.* Street demonstrations are an unofficial part of any national convention, and in San Francisco every kind of group from Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority to advocates of legalized marijuana seems to be planning a rally of some sort...
Israel's illegal pre-independence army, Yadin used his knowledge of biblical history and ancient fortifications to help construct modern battle plans. Two decades later, after gaining acclaim for obtaining the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient manuscripts, he led the excavations at the fortress of Masada, where he proved that nearly 1,000 Jewish defenders committed suicide in A.D. 73 rather than surrender to the Romans...