Word: links
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Station, a U.S. base on the Antarctic Peninsula, that high levels of ultraviolet damage the chlorophyll pigment vital for photosynthesis in phytoplankton, slowing the marine plants' growth rate by as much as 30%. That, in turn, could threaten krill, shrimplike creatures that feed on phytoplankton and are a key link in Antarctica's food chain. Says El-Sayed: "Fish, whales, penguins and winged birds all depend very heavily on krill. If anything happened to the krill population, the whole system would collapse...
Brian Mitchell, author of Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military, argues that the use of female troops in Panama proved nothing. "The sorts of things they were doing could be done by a twelve-year-old with a rifle," he says. He and other critics contend that women are not capable of performing critical battlefield functions: women Marines, for example, are not allowed to throw live grenades because the corps does not believe they can toss them far enough to avoid injury. But recent Army studies indicate that women's physical strength develops rapidly during training...
When the revolt erupted, many Securitate members slipped into an elaborate network of tunnels, whose existence was a well-guarded secret. The underground passageways link security headquarters, Communist Party headquarters, the presidential palace in central Bucharest and other key government buildings. The tunnels made it possible for Securitate members to escape the initial onslaught by soldiers and armed civilians and then regroup to attack the revolutionary forces. Securitate assaults in Bucharest and elsewhere in the country were carried out with arms and ammunition stored in caches secretly assembled outside the force's official camps...
...camp has become almost a memorial site for the miners. One striker suggested that a chain link fence be erected around the camp to preserve it as a monument to the union's fight, hallowed ground not to be defiled. Another miner said he wanted to see a wedding, a honeymoon, even a birth take place in the camp. Others said they hoped the camp would be used for future union meetings after the strike...