Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government garrison off the 3,000-ft. Nui Ba Den, or Black Virgin Mountain. Nui Ba Den is only seven miles from a far more important provincial capital, Tay Ninh (pop. 250,000). If the Communists can hold the mountain, they will be in a strong position to launch a Phuoc Binh-style artillery barrage on the city, thus making it the next target in the Communist effort to further weaken the Saigon government...
...just released Young Frankenstein (TIME, Dec. 30), says the unblinkingly immodest Brooks, "will nail my reputation." Especially among the young, he adds, noting the enthusiastic reception that the seven-to-twelve set gave Frankenstein at sneak previews. "I'll be the new Disney. We're going to launch a whole new generation of Mel Brooks freaks...
...Middle East is "a time bomb that unless defused, would explode," recently warned Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. That explosion could take the form of a war of attrition or burst into a full-scale conflict. Fearful of the Arabs' growing military strength, the Israelis might decide to launch a pre-emptive strike. Or the Arabs might attack if they become frustrated by the failures of diplomacy to get Israel to relinquish territory occupied in 1967 and grant some of the Palestinian demands. The most critical time will be late spring, when the weather is right for military operations...
...sides even to begin talking. Thus while a kind of unilateral cease-fire by the radical Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army is possible (perhaps as an extension of the holiday truce), it is more probable that violence will increase. Most observers feel that the Proves could still launch a "final offensive" to improve their bargaining position for negotiations. This could mean that terrorism would spread into neighboring Eire and intensify in England...
...years later, the Greek definition of virtue had evolved into the good and the beautiful. In the Iliad, virtue meant pride in battle, warrior's honor, heroics in the primitive sense. For all their groans, the Greeks relished war. Helen's face was hardly required to launch a thousand ships. To both sides, for nine years "warfare seemed/ lovelier than return, lovelier than sailing/ in the decked ships to their own native land...