Word: mined
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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More important, many Western experts doubt whether a terrorist organization could on its own carry out a task as logistically difficult as planting mines along the length of the Red Sea. Says a diplomat in the gulf: "Mine laying is beyond the capabilities of the usual terrorist group. A government has to be involved, but no government is going to take responsibility for this sort of terrorism." Speculation quickly centered on two radical Islamic nations with reasons of their own to disrupt Western shipping and embarrass Egypt: Iran and Libya...
According to disaffected Iranian officials, the decision to mine the Red Sea is an aspect of the terrorism to which Iran is resorting in the face of military weakness and domestic troubles. The country confronts increasing difficulty in buying arms on the world market, partly because the U.S. has made an effort during the past two years to stop the flow of weapons not only from American suppliers but from U.S. allies as well. As a result, Iran today is manufacturing more and more of its own crude weaponry. There is little doubt it has the ability to make floating...
...hottest seller in the stores, but the fact that Prince had written, produced and played all the instruments on his first effort got the press making comparisons to Stevie Wonder. There were four more albums and a wonderful grab bag of singles like When You Were Mine and Little Red Corvette. Now there is Purple Rain, a No. 1 sound-track album with a No. 1 single, When Doves Cry, that is the first song since Billie Jean to reach the top slots simultaneously on the pop, black and dance charts. Purple Rain had already sold nearly 2.5 million copies...
...exhausted mine some time...
...worth considering) is that Reagan strikes many Americans, almost without their knowing it, as the perfect idealized father. He is that strong, amiable guy who never raises his voice, is wonderfully sure of himself and makes self-deprecating jokes even when he gets shot. And if he does mine harbors in Central America now and then, well, that is just something Daddy does at the office. Never you mind...