Word: minuteman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Still, a hulking hot-dog stand is often a lesser evil than what some developers want to put in its place. When a new mini-mall threatened to replace the Minuteman Carwash in Los Angeles, a 1960 building sporting a boomerang-shape decoration on its roof, neighborhood residents petitioned the Cultural Heritage Commission of Los Angeles to declare it a landmark. The ploy failed, but the case attracted the attention of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the largest preservation organization in the U.S. Says trust spokeswoman Courtney Damkroger: "If something like this gas station is designated a landmark locally...
...built a formidable triad of strategic nuclear forces: land-based ICBMs in silos, sea- based missiles aboard submarines, and nuclear bombs carried by airplanes. But over the years, the increased accuracy of Soviet ICBMs has gradually threatened the land-based leg of the triad, which consists of 450 Minuteman IIs, each carrying a single warhead; 500 Minuteman IIIs tipped with three warheads; and 50 more modern MX's, each with ten warheads. The Administrations of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan considered 30 or so ideas for rendering U.S. ICBMs less vulnerable to Soviet attack. But as a report...
...instead of selecting the MX or Midgetman, perhaps the President might be wiser to stay with the existing Minuteman. -- Why U.S. Jews are unhappy with the rigid policies of Israel's Yitzhak Shamir. -- House Republicans put some lash in their whip by electing contentious Newt Gingrich as their No. 2 man. -- The swain of cocaine: a DEA Don Juan made cases by making love...
...Cares?: Minuteman quarterback Dave Palazzi, who threw three touchdowns against the Crimson, takes a rather lackadaisical approach when it comes to learning about an opponent's offense...
...second half, UMass's option offense bemused and bullied the Crimson defense. Minuteman quarterback Dave Palazzi, who had 91 first-half passing yards, threw for 108 yards and three touchdowns in the second half...