Word: incidentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In Congress, whose approval apparently would be required, House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) said lawmakers are likely to be sympathetic to Reagan's request, but some members called the request premature because of still-unanswered questions about the incident. Some said compensation should be paid only after Americans being...
At first, the incident seemed like another deadly confrontation in the Persian Gulf between the armed forces of the U.S. and Iran. But the affair quickly developed into something far worse. On Sunday morning the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Vincennes, while battling several Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz, mistakenly...
The incident seemed certain to escalate the confrontation in the gulf between the U.S. and Iran. Declared Radio Tehran: "America's crime today in downing an Iranian Airbus is . . . new evidence of American crimes and mischiefs, crimes which expose America's nature more than ever before."
Ronald Reagan pronounced himself "upset" and said the incident underscored "the need for mandatory testing." In fact, random testing of present | White House employees and pre-employment testing of future Secret Service hires is about to begin. In addition, Nancy Reagan might be well advised to direct some of her...
The U. S. Navy shoots down an Iranian passenger plane that it mistakenly assumed was an attacking fighter jet. President Reagan calls the incident a "terrible tragedy," but says the U. S. S. Vincennes was "firing to protect itself."