Word: possession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...miles north of Managua. New F.D.N. recruits must rely on rusty, World War I-vintage Mauser bolt-action rifles, given by the CIA in 1982. Though weapons and ammunition have been in woefully short supply, the stockpile is growing again. According to high- level F.D.N. sources, the contras possess an unspecified number of surface- to-air missiles to counter the Soviet Mi-24 Hind-D helicopters that the Sandinistas received last fall. For the past two months, truck convoys have ferried weapons from Honduras, including West German G-3 automatic assault rifles and dynamite...
...victory." Johnson would simply order a Government agency into action, get money appropriated and then wait for the war to be won. Conable's knowledge of history made him wonder. Some problems, like wars, simply had no solutions, and successful leaders understood that. Johnson did not possess such sagacity...
Miriam Schmir is at times captivating during her almost silent performance as the withdrawn, passive Kate. Her childlike voice and preoccupied aura are unsettling as both her husband and friend fight to possess...
...MATTER how earnestly Reagan may try to transform the Court, though, he will still to contend with a Senate that is unlikely to rubberstamp nominees, and future appointees are in for rigorous scrutiny and lengthy confirmation hearings. But thermore, the lower courts, which possess some degree of in dependence, are filled with Carter appointees able to safeguard many liberal laws...
...deaths more efficient and scientific. Compared with the coroner's office, even Dr. Frankenstein and Igor were more scientific. "Gentlemen," a coroner once declared when a head was found in a city sewer, "this is the work of a murderer." To quality as a deputy coroner, you had to possess the following: a letter from your ward boss, a wide-brimmed gray fedora, a diamond pinky ring, and a cigar. When somebody died of anything but natural causes, a deputy coroner rushed to the scene. They always rushed, because they were afraid the wagon men might grab a locket. Once...