Word: prowls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guard confessing he had succumbed to the charms of a beautiful Soviet receptionist in Moscow had escalated into what appeared to be one of the most serious sex-for-secrets exchanges in U.S. history. Not only had the Marine's partner been charged with helping him let Soviet agents prowl the embassy's most sensitive areas but last week a third Marine sentinel was accused of similar offenses. A fourth Marine, stationed at the Brasilia embassy, was taken to Quantico, Va., for grilling about espionage. Several others were recalled from Vienna. More accusations of spying were expected to be filed...
Tigers on the Prowl...
...Institute for Policy Studies, "whites get the message that the leader of this country, the moral beacon, is saying it's all right to be racist." That judgment was considerably exaggerated, but it nonetheless remains true that any sign of indifference means that the beast is free to prowl...
...Parade, it is the hottest item of the season. Getting right down to bang-bang-you're-dead business, younger ones like to charge with StarLytes blazing, making the StarSensor glow and sound every time a hit is scored. Bigger kids (including daddies) prefer to lurk and prowl, hide and take careful aim. Either way, Lazer Tag is a more elegant way of working out aggression than the Rambo toys, and it sure is sleeker than G.I. Joe. It is the kind of game that could turn into a phenomenon. Keep your head down, and, oh, yes, more of those...
...macabre is a reminder of the toll exacted by the ongoing civil war. By now some 20,000 civilians have lost limbs to rebel mines planted among crops, under footpaths and along dusty village roads. Thousands more have been killed by the rebels or by government troops on the prowl for guerrilla collaborators. Economically, the nation has also been left maimed. President Dos Santos concedes that the war has already cost his government more than $12 billion; 1 million of the country's 8.5 million people are on the brink of starvation...