Word: horned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...campus, in the Soviets' latest enterprise, is the Horn of Africa, the stretch of real estate that is strategically placed along the Red Sea routes vital to Arab oil trade (see map). There the Soviets are simultaneously cultivating a new interest-Ethiopia-while trying to remain on good terms with an old friend -Somalia. Since the two African countries dislike one another intensely, the Soviet effort is delicate work...
...states situated above black Africa. "Angola yesterday, Zaire today, Sudan tomorrow," worries the prestigious Cairo daily al Ahram. What troubles the Arabs particularly is that if the Soviets can pull both Ethiopia and Somalia firmly into their orbit, they may successfully create an axis of influence along the African Horn that in time of crisis could give them control of the Bab el Mandeb Strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden...
Coach Michael Horn blamed the loss, which spelled a sudden end to the season that began with several promising early-season victories, on "a series of misfortunes." Horn said the most damaging blow to the Crimson's chances came midway through the meet, when skippers Terry Neff and Tom Reps had to switch from sailing International Twelves to less familiar Flying Juniors...
Coach Michael Horn's troubles began with the men's varsity's sixth-place showing in the Friis Trophy meet up on Mystic Lake. Host team Tufts ran away with the event, outdistancing second-place University of Washington and the rest of the 17-team field in what looked more like an OpSail maneuver than a collegiate yacht race...
...ridiculous to have that many teams on the Mystic Lake," Horn said yesterday. "That's an awfully small lake, and there wasn't much room to sail," he added...