Word: miramar
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...crashed into a Nashville suburb just after taking off on a training mission. The two crew members aboard the F-14 Tomcat died, as did three civilians who were sitting in one of several houses that were set ablaze by the explosion. The twin-engine fighter was returning to Miramar Air Force near San Diego after flying to the Nashville International Airport where it was refueled. "The F-14's engine has long been underpowered and this may have contributed to this crash," notes defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "It is a very difficult plane to fly because of its engine...
Some in Cuba, however, doubted the policy change would be any more of a deterrent than the sharks, the hunger, the stormy seas that refugees were already braving. In the Havana suburb of Miramar, the news that boat people would be detained did not deter a young Cuban who was hurrying to finish his raft. "I'll take my chances," he said. "They won't send us back...
...down the Cuban coast, in Guanabo and in Jaimanitas, the sea was suddenly an open frontier. Many Cubans slipped out of the bays and rivers on their motorized private boats, with entire families on board, for a relatively comfortable crossing. But from the vantage point of the seawall in Miramar, Havana's tree-lined suburb, 30 to 40 inner tubes could be seen setting off by moonlight...
Octavio lives better by betraying the system. We stop in front of his pristine white bungalow in the Havana suburb of Miramar. A knock on the door brings a discreet peek from behind freshly painted shutters. A voice murmurs to come around into the garden. Suddenly, we could be in Miami. American rock plays softly; red and blue lights color a trimly clipped lawn. Our host offers a hamburger, steak, perhaps a lobster? Red or white wine? A rum collins...
Until then, the battle to stave off closures goes on. The bases under consideration are Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps installations, including such well-known ones as Miramar Naval Air Station and Presidio of Monterey in California and McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. None of the targeted bases, though, has defenders more fervid than the partisans of three East Coast naval shipyards: at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Charleston, South Carolina; and Norfolk, Virginia. All three can claim long, distinguished service to the U.S. Navy, are particularly proud of being "Navy towns" and typify the head-to-head...