Word: haunted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...files from the embassy in Tehran may haunt Washington for years. One high-ranking Iranian official, TIME has learned, claims that the published papers are "only the tip of the iceberg." He says the militants recently discovered an extensive microfilm library of U.S. documents in the embassy. "We had no inkling we were sitting on such a gold mine," said the official. "We shall release these documents at sensitive times, in the best interests of the revolution." The story of how the U.S. failed to grasp what was happening in Iran seems to be far from over...
Regardless of former teammate Boyle's recent success in the big leagues (17 points against Columbia), visions of glory don't haunt the j.v. players. "A lot of us did not expect to play collegiate basketball," Solomon said. "We're not doing incredibly well, but it's been fun," Sort...
...July 18, 1874, a shy Oxford don visited his sisters at Guildford, in the south of England. There, part of a poem came to mind. It was only eight words long, but the phrase would haunt generations: "For the Snark was a Boojum, you see." Charles Dodgson subtitled his completed work "An Agony in Eight Fits," but it is really the final volume of an unintended trilogy, a trip to Wonderland without Alice...
...pain." Chedli Klibi, secretary general of the Arab League, denounced the move as an "American crime." Palestinians demonstrated against the action in several West Bank towns and in East Jerusalem. Warned Abdeen Jabara of Detroit, one of Abu Eain's attorneys: "This decision will come back to haunt...
Some of the mercenaries who haunt the place use right-wing watchwords like "dignity," "honor" and "Western decadence." "They are disgusted with Western society and want to prevent the Soviets from taking possession of Africa," says the owner, a former mercenary. Adds a Belgian journalist who covers the mercenary beat: "They are often out of work, racist but not politically aware. They think that everything is the fault of the migrant workers. They are not very sharp intellectually, are fascinated by weapons and very much into the cult of strength, virility and male camaraderie." Eventually, the mercenary ethos becomes...