Word: miles
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Panama, far more than war-torn Nicaragua, is Central America's prize. The 51-mile-long canal, still under U.S. control, has major strategic value; Panama is also one of the U.S.'s prime listening posts in the region and home to the 10,000-man U.S. Southern Command. To some, the U.S.'s difficulties in Panama are reminiscent of Iran. Having struck another Faustian bargain with a ruthless and corrupt dictator, the U.S. again finds itself turning against a longtime client with no viable democratic replacement in the wings...
Unlike the U.S., which claims a three-mile territorial limit, the Soviet Union claims a 12-mile limit along its coast, Schiff explained. The U.S. will accept such a claim, but any country claiming 12 miles "must allow for innocent passage by the ships of all nations," he said...
...runners besides the sophomore standout won points in multiple events for the Crimson. Beth Pfefferie won the 600-yd. run and was on the winning relay team, while Tina Lount was first in the 1,000-yd. run with a time of 2:42:44 and second in the mile with a time...
That is an unfortunately apt description for one of Africa's most impoverished lands. A once beautiful country with a striking 1,500-mile - coastline, Mozambique (pop. 15 million) has fallen into the double grip of famine and civil war since winning independence from Portugal in 1975. As many as 6.5 million Mozambicans could face starvation as a result of drought and the depredations of the rebels known as the Mozambique National Resistance, or Renamo, whose support comes from right-wing sources in South Africa and the U.S. Determined to oust the Marxist-oriented Frelimo government in Maputo, Renamo...
...food and other relief supplies each month, mainly by road and rail. The routes, however, are often tortuously long. The straight-line distance from the northern town of Tete, a distribution center for relief shipments, to the famine-stricken Zumbo area on the western border is only 200 miles, yet the journey requires a 500-mile detour through Zimbabwe and Zambia. Round trips take at least ten days. Rail shipments from Zimbabwe to Maputo can take a month to arrive...