Word: frontier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trip to the frontier province of Surin was regarded as a demonstration of U.S. support for Thailand against hostile, Soviet-backed neighbors in Indochina...
...Israelis living in the frontier town Qiryat Shemona knew that casualties from rocket attacks launched across the border in southern Lebanon would come sooner or later. Last week the inevitable happened. A single Soviet-made Katyusha rocket hit a school yard, injuring four children and one teacher. It was the second such assault on northern Israel in three days...
Making his case for $70 million in military aid and $30 million in non-lethal funds for the so-called Contra forces, Reagan said, "We are asking only to be permitted to switch a small part of our present defense budget to the defense of our own southern frontier...
...Eastern-Texas Air and TWA-Ozark deals merely accelerate a merger binge that was already well under way. In the past four months, People Express has acquired Frontier, and Northwest has agreed to buy Republic. Says Louis Marckesano, who follows the industry for the Janney Montgomery Scott investment firm: "At this rate, in five to ten years the American airline industry will look like the U.S. auto industry, with three or four megacarriers covering the globe." If that happens, Texas Air and TWA are determined to be among the survivors...
While they may never be fast friends, Nicaragua and Costa Rica moved last week to ease the border tensions that threatened to destroy their already edgy relations. The two countries agreed to form a joint patrol of their 225-mile frontier to prevent clashes between Sandinista forces and U.S.-backed contras based in Costa Rica. The arrangement is designed to avoid incidents like the shooting deaths of two Costa Rican guardsmen last May, which resulted in abruptly severed diplomatic relations. Reason: San Jose blamed the violence on Sandinista troops, while Managua blamed the contras...