Word: raiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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COLLEGE PARK. Md.--An animal liberation group staged a pre-dawn raid on the University of Maryland's animal science building early this month--only a few days before Easter--securing freedom and a new lease on life for more than 40 laboratory bunnies...
Some observers believe that Sharon is set on retaliating against P.L.O. activity by staging a small raid, which in turn would cause the Palestinians to strike back in force. That would give Israel the excuse to mount a full-scale invasion, defeat the P.L.O. in the Beirut area and then vanquish the Syrians if they were foolish enough to get involved. The P.L.O. would be routed and, the thinking goes, would shift its attention to Jordan, overthrow King Hussein and turn the country into a Palestinian state. Israel would meanwhile annex the West Bank...
...Welcome," said Commandant Azmi Zghayar. He was about 5 ft. 10 in., carried a cane and walked with a slight limp, the result of a wound suffered during a raid on Israel. He wore a khaki wool sweater and green fatigues, and a pistol was tucked into his hip pocket...
...show of South African aggressiveness was sure to complicate the negotiations further, though Pretoria denied the raid was deliberately timed for that purpose. In Washington, the State Department stressed that the raid "underlines again the urgency of moving toward a settlement on the Namibia issue." But even Administration officials conceded that Secretary of State Alexander Haig's hope for a settlement by the end of this year was unduly optimistic...
...demands the same attention. Blink and you will miss the Tower of Pisa looming outside a window in "a neighborhood called Little Italy." Glance at the evening paper and you will not see a young couple walk through a "Japanese garden" filled with blank-faced nisei standing in planters. Raid the fridge and you will miss the visit Sergeant-Lieut. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) pays to a shoeshine wizard who knows everything about the Underworld-and about life after death, open-heart surgery and the fate of the Dodgers' pitching staff...