Word: lair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...settling in less than spacious surroundings when he arrived early one recent morning at the London headquarters of his new weekly newspaper, the European. Staffers say he was dismayed not to find a king-size office for himself, and used a crowbar to break into the better proportioned lair of the managing director. When its owner showed up some time later, he was stunned to find his chair occupied by his boss. The executive lost his turf, but so far has kept...
...residents of century-old wooden houses ringing Noriega's sprawling P.D.F. headquarters, called the Comandancia, were startled by the roar of circling U.S. AC-130 combat Talon gunships and attack choppers, then the rumble of tanks in the streets. The tanks fired barrage after barrage at Noriega's official lair, and the sky was lit by antiaircraft tracers. The streets soon began to fill as terrified residents ran out of their flaming houses. An unknown number died in their homes; many were injured. Meanwhile, U.S. infantry units at Fort Amador opened fire with howitzers against P.D.F. barracks situated conveniently nearby...