Word: occasionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Repeatedly, the male voice crackled over the telephone lines. On each occasion the message was as unequivocal as it was unusual. Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who was kidnaped last month in Rome, would be freed if Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who is serving a life sentence...
For many Asians, the notion of a strong, assertive Japan on their doorstep provokes a shudder. World War II has been over for nearly four decades, but the image of the swaggering Japanese conquerors who occupied and on occasion brutalized neighboring countries under the imperialistic banner of the "Great East...
SHORT OF a political assassination, presidential campaign, or space mission, few headline-making events grab the attention of Americans like the death of a national celebrity. Indeed, the passing of a famous actor, musician, even author is usually occasion for an impressive show of public adoration, inspired largely by the...
The occasion marked an improvement, albeit a small one, in the otherwise sorry state of East-West relations. The diplomatic assembly in Madrid was on the verge of concluding its second review of the historic 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the agreement that codified the framework of détente. But...
Stories filter back from Europe about all-night parties on People flights, or about women who dress for the occasion in nothing but sweaters and pantyhose. Not tonight; we were wearier, more wrinkled and better acquainted than most plane populations, but we were not bizarre. As Newark fell away behind...