Word: miles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strangulation of the major cities. "We want to collapse the city from within," explains Abdul Haq, a powerful commander whose men are positioned around Kabul. Key targets include the shutdown of airports, the closure of the government's arms pipeline and the cutting of the Salang Highway, the 264-mile road that stretches from Kabul into Soviet territory...
...classic cars cost a relatively reasonable $50 per day and 30 cents per mile, but customers must belong to National's frequent-renter program (fee: $50 per year). The agency finds that drivers treat the vehicles with tender loving care. Says a National spokesman: "The cars often come back waxed and polished -- better than when we rented them...
...Resolved that "the city manager and all city employees rededicate themselves to go the 'extra mile' in dealing with others." The move was prompted by President Bush's campaign pledge for a "kinder and gentler" nation, the order said...
...these travels was to arrange a climactic summit between Deng and Gorbachev in Beijing this spring, perhaps in May. The easing of tensions is certain to produce diplomatic fallout of global importance. It could lead to a new era of stability in Asia, where the 4,500-mile Chinese- Soviet border sometimes threatened to become the fuse for war, perhaps even nuclear conflict. The U.S. might be losing its "China card," but the world will gain a new style of superpower diplomacy: no more will China be the stick for the U.S. to beat the Soviets, or for the Soviets...
...mile relay team of Rainey, Beth Pfefferle, Wanita Lopeter and Lauren DiStefano, turned in a time of 3:54.68, its best time of the year...