Word: jointly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet crude at two times or more the price on world markets. All the while, Soviet leaders have been dragging the rest of the bloc into huge cooperative industrial projects that drain them of the technology and manpower needed for hard-currency exports to the West. The most ambitious joint program, launched by the Soviets in December, aims at pulling the East bloc into the computer age over the next 15 years through 93 research projects in electronics, biotechnology and automation. All these policies, which often in reality amount to nothing less than recruiting East European help for the faltering...
...civilian casualties and damage. But El Dorado also produced more than a few nuggets of military gold, including severe damage to at least eight Soviet-built Libyan planes and Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi's personal headquarters. "We didn't do everything right," says Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But on balance, he maintains, the operation "was very successful...
...concerns dictated a low-level attack with precision bombing. Furthermore, it would have to be carried out at night, when few people were on the streets. A night raid was also likely to risk fewer fliers than a daylight attack. Taking all these factors into account, Crowe and the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended that additional aircraft would be necessary. The ones most ideally suited to the mission were the Air Force's F-111s at Britain's Royal Air Force Base at Lakenheath. Reason: like the Navy A-6 craft, the F-111s are equipped with infrared bombing sights...
...When she tries to be sexy, the worst of Valley Girl fashion comes out of the closet. Too much hairspray, too many jiggly bangles, plastic colorful earrings, a flairy mini-skirt and a push-up satin halter are the usual attire. All the sleazy guys at Frank's Hamburger Joint--which Connie and her friend prowl by night--think Connie is sexy, but even remembering what it was like to be 15, it's hard to understand why she'd want to hang out with those guys...
...Justice Department, a task force has been designing new legislation to ease the liability-insurance crisis, spurred on by what one of the drafters called "President Reagan's 100% endorsement of our ideas." Over at the Pentagon, recommendations by the Packard commission to strengthen the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and tighten up military procurement are, in the words of an eager participant, "moving out." He added, "The President endorsed 99% of our report. He's committed to solving the problems...