Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...storming through the palace at Skhirat during a celebration, firing wildly in all directions. Some 100 guests were killed, but the King escaped unharmed. The following year, four F-5 jet fighters piloted by rebellious air force officers opened fire on Hassan's Boeing 727, destroying the landing gear as well as an engine. Cool as ever, Hassan reportedly took the controls and persuaded his attackers to cease firing by radioing them, "The tyrant is dead. Enough people have died." He expertly landed the craft and, by having his death proclaimed on the radio, flushed out the leaders...
West German Businessman Richard Mueller has been helping the Soviet Union to obtain modern electronic gear for more than a decade. In 1981 he was placed on a Government list of forbidden high-technology customers. But that did not stop Mueller from buying two brand-new VAX 11-780 minicomputers and other equipment made by Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass., between 1981 and 1983. The purchases were made from DEC'S West German subsidiary through a firm Mueller controlled called Deutsche Integrated Time...
...wondered about early reports that KAL 007 might have exploded some time after being hit by the Soviet missile. The Soviet broadcast twisted this into an allegation by Keppel that U.S. officials had ordered the plane blown up by remote control after the fighter attack so that its spy gear could never be recovered...
...between Japanese companies. The Kodak and GE 8-mm camcorders are both made by Matsushita, while Toshiba created Polaroid's, and Hitachi is the source of RCA's. As many as ten Japanese manufacturers, including Sony and JVC, reportedly have their own version of the new video gear. They are closely watching American reaction to the introductions to decide when to bring out their products...
...from the piety-in-government excursion Americans have been on since Watergate. One day Ms. Ferraro's vice-presidential candidacy, perhaps her political career, hangs in the balance; the next day, after a tough and gutsy public performance-a Checkers for the '80s-she is back in gear, leaving us all to wonder if we hadn't lost our heads for just a moment...