Word: neared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...late 19th century, and it wants them to revert to their origins. But the Turkish minority regards itself as a remnant of the Ottoman Empire. "Our ancestors settled in Bulgaria when it was the empire's Balkan province," explains Huseyin Hafizoglu, 60, a schoolteacher whose home was near Plovdiv. "My family has been there for more than a century. But our country is still Turkey...
...Marine is killed defusing a bomb near Beirut airport. He was part of the multinational force newly arrived in Lebanon...
...Navy attack planes are shot down over Lebanon. One pilot is killed; Lieut. Robert Goodman is captured by Syrian forces (a month later, he is released). Later that day, nine Marines are fatally wounded during a heavy-artillery attack on their observation post near Beirut airport...
...Marine contingent takes fire after its helicopter lands near the U.S. embassy. One Marine is killed...
Malcolm Kerr, president of the American University of Beirut, is assassinated as he steps off the elevator near his office in the university administration building. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility...