Word: ported
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...elements of four Khmer Rouge divisions loyal to deposed Premier Pol Pot are still able to terrorize civilians and harass Vietnamese units immobilized by the monsoons. Last month Khmers thought to be loyal to Hanoi's new regime in Phnom-Penh expelled the Vietnamese garrison from the river port of Kratie. Though the town was quickly recaptured, the startled Vietnamese began to transfer Pathet Lao troops from Laos as a means of guaranteeing village security...
...first woman to govern Portugal since Queen Maria II in 1853. The chipper diplomat, who is single, is undaunted by that prospect. She acknowledges Maggie Thatcher's political pioneering. "We have always imitated the English," she quipped last week. "After all, we only started liking our own port wine after they...
...Marine Biologist Hirohito about scuba diving; attending a Kabuki play; lunching with 125 top celebrities of Japan, including Home Run King Sadaharu Oh, at the Imperial Palace. Jittery police cleared the streets of spectators for most of the President's trips around Tokyo, but Carter did journey to the port of Shimoda, where Commodore Perry's fleet called 125 years ago, for a "town meeting" with ordinary Japanese...
Florida was coping adequately with gas needs until a truckers' strike last week blocked shipments from large storage areas in Port Everglades-and then the gas rush was on. By midweek there were virtually no stations open between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, one of the state's most heavily traveled routes, during the evening rush hour. Lines several miles long quickly developed in Miami, where waits stretched to as much as four hours amid sweltering temperatures. Radio stations broadcast warnings of line-blocked roads that should be avoided...
...prices $5 to $6 per bbl. A $60-million shipment of heating oil from the Caribbean to Rotterdam actually jumped $10 million in value during the week as nervous traders on both sides of the Atlantic bid against each other to acquire the precious cargo before the ship reached port...