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Word: jetted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lives for nothing. Awakened at 3 a.m. at the Phoenix House refugee detention center in Kowloon, they were asked to gather their belongings, then herded into trucks by government personnel, some equipped with batons and shields. From there they were taken to Kai Tak Airport and put aboard a jet. Destination: Hanoi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Refugees Dashing Their Dreams | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...editorial appeared in the Nov. 30 issue of The Jet Jotter and dealt with teachers' efforts to keep students quite in the library, calling the teachers "crazed disciplinarians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H.S. Editors Demoted After Fiery Editorial | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...rebels seized about 40 houses. For the most part, they carefully obeyed F.M.L.N. orders not to harm civilians. American officials warned F.M.L.N. representatives in Mexico City and San Salvador against endangering the lives of U.S. diplomats. None were hurt, but some envoys had close calls. On Thursday a chartered jet evacuated 234 civilian workers and dependents of U.S. officials. "The Bush Administration keeps saying that we are acting out of desperation, that the offensive will end soon," says an F.M.L.N. officer. "But the actions of the last few days will be a permanent feature as long as there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America No Place to Hide | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

...rebels were not known to have the heat-seeking SA-7s until they fired one at a Salvadoran jet last week. The shoulder-held SA-7 is a Soviet-designed cousin of the more advanced U.S. Stinger rocket that significantly boosted the power of the mujahedin in the Afghan war. "These missiles could really make a difference," says a key U.S. Senate staffer. The insurgents offered to sheathe the weapon if the air force stopped bombing and strafing ground targets, but Cristiani is unlikely to accept the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America No Place to Hide | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

When Bush climbed aboard his jet for this odyssey, he was in the hands of the U.S. Air Force. The President's three Marine helicopters had been ferried in the belly of an Air Force transport and were waiting for him on the Malta ramps. From there the machines whirled him 50 miles to the aircraft carrier Forrestal, then settled him back feather-like on the fantail of the Belknap. Rubber-suited Marine divers bounced in dinghies along the tops of the rising waves, patrolling for any suspicious movement in adjacent waters. A shabby little barge, old tires festooning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: The Presidency: Talk of Peace, Tools of War | 12/11/1989 | See Source »

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