Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF once said its record was 33 for 33. President Bush was nearly as upbeat, claiming it was 41 out of 42. Last week a group of independent analysts said nobody can determine how many of the 47 threatening Iraqi Scud missiles were intercepted and destroyed by U.S. Patriot missiles...
When the U.S. gave Patriot missile batteries to Israel to combat the Iraqi Scuds raining down on civilians during the gulf war, Washington forbade Jerusalem to export the technology. Now a U.S. intelligence report suggests that Israel may have supplied China with secrets of the Patriot. Israeli officials deny the charge, but the controversy has roiled relations with the U.S., already strained by American demands that the Shamir government stop building settlements in the occupied territories exchange for $10 billion in loan guarantees. The Wall Street Journal fueled the controversy by reporting that Israel is also suspected of having exported...
...trips always began with a stop at the Visitor's Center. There, we parked the car and bought a Patriot's Pass that allowed unlimited access to all the houses and shops in the historic district. After a quick 70s movie about Virginian patriots, we boarded a bus to the main attraction...
...grand opening on the weekend of January 25, New England Patriot Irving Friar, Celtic Robert Parish and a handful of other sports celebrities signed autographs. A staff member said that the Galleria was mobbed by throngs of fans...
American military technology (Patriot missile aside) does work adequately. But the rest of our technology sure doesn't. General Motors is firing 70,000 workers. Most of our advanced industries are barely alive, and last year, for the first time, we ran a deficit in computer equipment...