Word: medina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most volatile 35 acres on earth. Though 19 centuries have passed since Roman troops obliterated Herod's gilded Temple, the Mount remains the object of intense Jewish reverence. But for the past 13 centuries the same trapezoidal tract has also been Islam's holiest site after Mecca and Medina: its Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock honor the spot whence the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended to the seventh heaven. Christians too hold in awe this place where Jesus walked. Now a controversy has arisen over whether, and when, a new Jewish Temple should be built...
When General Jose Guillermo Medina Sanchez, 53, retired as head of Colombia's 80,000-member National Police last month, the country's law-enforcement officials turned out in full dress uniform, complete with ceremonial gilt swords. But Medina's departure was not quite so honorable as it seemed. Colombian police officials have told TIME that Medina was fired on orders from President Virgilio Barco Vargas after the general came under suspicion of being on the payroll of Pablo Escobar Gaviria, patriarch of one of the leading families of the Medellin drug cartel...
After Escobar narrowly escaped capture in an army raid on one of his estates last year, Colombian officials suspected that he might have been tipped off by Medina. A military surveillance team subsequently was assigned to tail the general. The spying operation reportedly established ties between Medina and both Escobar and another drug baron, Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, nicknamed "El Mexicano." Apparently not certain that the evidence would hold up in court, the government allowed Medina to retire. Two days after Medina's successor, General Miguel Antonio Gomez Padilla, took over, the National Police launched Operation Primavera, the most successful strike...
...overtime, freshman Rich Medina's two foul shots gave Cornell an early 72-70 lead. But a steal by Phillips and his subsequent lay-up tied the game. The basket made Phillips the 14th Harvard basketball player to join the 1000 point club...
CORNELL [75]: Mike Pascal 3-3--10; Shawn Maharaj 0-0--0; Bernard Jackson 5-0--10; Monte Boykin 3-0-6; Josh Wexler 3-2--8; Nail Horne 0-2--2; Jon Halpern 1-1--3; Steve Johnson 4-5--17; Rich Medina 4-3-11; Paul McRae 0-0--0; Simon Lincoln...