Word: peninsulas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here and there in the country this time of year, the waterfowl season is raised to the level of celebration. One such wingding, if you will, is held in the Maryland town of Easton, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and it probably reflects appreciation for the birds as well...
...Fifty-Niners pressed on to the Kenai Peninsula, their original destination, only to discover that good unclaimed land there was hard to come by. Then they heard about the west bank of the Susitna: rich, available farmland, with a marvelous view-on clear days-of Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range. There was a hitch: there were no roads into the area and no bridges. In winter you could walk across the frozen river; in summer you could take a boat. But during the spring breakup and the autumn freeze-up the only way you could cross the Susitna...
...Alaska to the Far East were even more incredibly incompetent if they failed to spot the errant flight. He contends that these specialists must have been particularly alert since they were aware of preparations by the Soviets to test a new missile on Aug. 31 aimed at the Kamchatka Peninsula, where the airliner first flew over Soviet territory. "All electronic eyes and ears were directed toward the exact place," Pearson writes. "Far from slipping by unnoticed, KAL 007 had flown onto center stage...
...Francisco is exceedingly pleased with its eclectic self. But worldliness, when it is crammed into the tip of a cramped peninsula, can take on a parochial cast...
...asked him about the explosion, Kremlin Spokesman Leonid Zamyatin replied evasively, "I have not seen that information, so I cannot tell you whether it is true or not." Western analysts suspect that careless handling might have triggered the blast. Located near a cluster of naval installations on the Kola Peninsula, Severomorsk serves as a major ammunition depot for the 148 surface ships, nearly 200 submarines, 425 warplanes and one aircraft carrier that are attached to the Soviet Union's northern fleet...