Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that cough syrup has been "land reform," the supposed distribution of the country's acreage to the peasants who farm it. Rammed down the throats of the Duarte regime by American officials desperate for some improvements to point to, land reform has been so far a frustrating and occasionally lethal business, as a series of essays in a superb new book, El Salvador. Central America in the Cold War (Grove Press; $7,95), makes clear...
...typical mercenary adopts his lethal trade out of boredom, joblessness or rightist political views. He misses the excitement and discipline of military life and seeks a quick fortune. Many are readers of Soldier of Fortune, a U.S. magazine that specializes in the trade of war. The publication serves as a bridge between idle mercenaries and potential employers. Says Publisher Robert K. Brown: "It's the 'outs' that want 'in' who do the hiring." There are probably thousands of men available at any one time across the globe for mercenary operations, Brown believes. "They...
...pictures of children with automatic weapons offer a depressing comment about today's civilization. What a lethal legacy our age of technology has left these youths...
...Down bacteriological research unit to conduct a series of experiments. The site: Gruinard Island, a bleak, uninhabited, 1½ mile-long patch of land that lies just 600 yds. off the west coast of northern Scotland. The tests were conducted with Bacillus anthracis, better known as anthrax, which has lethal and well-documented effects on both animals and humans. Anthrax is believed to have caused the fifth plague in Egypt mentioned in the Book of Exodus, and an outbreak of the disease swept through southern Europe in the 17th century, killing thousands. The object of the tests on Gruinard Island...
Trade in the bazaars is brisk. It includes a thriving black market in which Soviet soldiers barter vodka, clothing, even ammunition for hashish. Here and there, turbaned vendors beckon for customers to examine straw baskets filled with lethal-looking daggers with 6-to 8-in. blades. A pair of passing Soviet privates, their Kalashnikovs at their sides, eye the knives nervously...