Word: pleasing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The suspended Navy official, Stuart E. Berlin, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the continuing investigation which has resulted in a dozen guilty pleas so far. He is to be sentenced June 2 and could face as long as 25 years in prison and fines of as much as $750...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J. Aronica declined to comment when asked whether there would be more guilty pleas or how extensively Berlin's testimony might be used against other defendants. He said only, "The total investigation is moving along very quickly."
The grandson of a Shi'ite mullah, Mughniyah trained with Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization. A high school dropout, he excelled at terrorism; his boldness and quick grasp of explosives and weaponry impressed his commanders. But he fell out with Fatah leaders and in 1982...
After a month as President, George Bush had his first chance to make a splash on the world scene. But as he began a series of one-on-one meetings with some of the foreign leaders who went to Japan for the funeral of Emperor Hirohito, Bush suffered a slap...
The plight of the Central American refugees remains far more acute. Recent court decisions have held that applicants for asylum have to be given work- authorization documents, allowing them to seek immediate employment while the INS scrutinizes their pleas. But to stem a surge of arrivals from Central America, the...