Word: order
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Carolinas. "The investigation established that the organization existed for the purpose of violating the law," said Jerry Jenson, regional director of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. "The club's bylaws clearly spell out that members will engage in distribution of drugs of a specified quantity and quality in order to remain members." By far the most popular drug sold by the Angels was methamphetamine (speed); investigators estimate that the club controlled up to 90% of northern California's methamphetamine trade. They indicate that the drugs were produced by the cyclists in five labs capable of turning...
...ammunition. They also found a silk-screen device for manufacturing fake driver's licenses and the insignia and star of the California highway patrol, which the Angels could have used to disguise a car so that they appeared to be members of the forces of law and order...
Yance further proposed that the OAS dispatch a peace-keeping force, which might include some J.S. troops, to restore order to the divided country. Vance's six-point plan also included a cessation of all arms shipments to both Somoza's forces and the rebels and a major international relief and reconstruction effort...
...internal problems of Nicaragua." That charge drew an angry reply from Cuba's foreign ministry, which released a statement accusing the U.S. of "pressuring several Latin American diplomatic representatives to come to an agreement in the OAS that would facilitate a military intervention in Nicaragua" in order to "preserve the essence and basis of the bloody and corrupt neo-colonial regime dominated...
...FSLN was founded in 1962 by Carlos Fonseca Amador, a Cuban-trained guerrilla who was slain by Somoza's troops two years ago. Named for Augusto César Sandino, a legendary nationalist guerrilla murdered on the order of Somoza's father in 1934, the Sandinistas started out as a ragtag rebel band that staged sporadic raids on isolated government outposts. Since then, the Sandinistas' ranks have swelled to 3,000 or so battle-hardened fighters armed with an assortment of modern weapons...