Word: maps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never seen any other war areas. The group proved to be totally out of its depth too when meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who chided his visitors schoolmarmishly for being "taken in" by Arafat. Begin asked McCloskey to point to the West Bank on an unmarked map. The nonplused Californian was unable to do so. Nor did McCloskey improve his standing in Israeli eyes when, in a CBS-TV interview after the meeting, he said that Begin had claimed the Israelis' right to "destroy Beirut even though they kill ten Lebanese and five Palestinians for every Palestinian...
...which the country's life was not threatened." One has only to look at the bunkers and caches of the P.L.O., overflowing with weapons, to recognize that the P.L.O.'s goal has been and remains to destroy Israel totally and wipe it completely off the map...
...movie map," created by the Architecture Machine Group at M.I.T., is a visual record of every road, building and tree in Aspen, Colo. It enables the viewer, or "driver," to find his way from street to street by touching the left, right or center of the screen. If he wants a tour of city hall, he merely presses the image of the building as he drives by and is suddenly inside, listening to a curator talk about its history. Perceiving the potential of this kind of system, the U.S. Navy has commissioned the same designer to create a "visual toolbox...
...women come to the door and appear friendly but apprehensive. Yes, Samer and Mrs. Azmi were there in the building, but they are gone now. They have moved to a town outside the city, which they name. Later it is discovered that there is no such town on the map...
...following stood in sharp contrast to the speed of British successes following the landing of 5,000 Royal Marine commandos and Parachute Regiment troops near Port San Carlos. Slogging across the boggy ground, they had captured 1,600 Argentine troops near the settlement of Goose Green (see map). Then, in a combination of rapid marches and bold helicopter assaults, they secured the commanding height of Mount Kent, overlooking Port Stanley. Encountering almost no Argentine resistance, they set up forward observation posts on hills known as the Two Sisters, only six miles from the capital...