Word: safes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this point President Kyprianou promised them Cypriot passports and safe conduct to Athens in exchange for the hostages. In the course of negotiations, Kyprianou received two fateful overseas telephone calls. The first was from Arafat in Beirut. The P.L.O. leader was furious because a close aide was among the hostages. Arafat offered the services of a twelve-man squad of experienced gunmen. Kyprianou accepted and dispatched an airliner to Beirut to pick them up. The squad, armed with Soviet AK-47 submachine guns, was kept out of sight inside the terminal, waiting for a crack at the hijackers. Later, there...
...disclosure; more debate before making decisions; more emphasis on selecting, training and rewarding people, including more women and nonwhites; and greater flexibility in lifestyles. It is hard to judge whether these changes will substantially affect efficiency, productivity, quality control, profits and other concrete business concerns. But it is a safe bet that those '60s kids will continue to make other people uncomfortable?and more innovative?as they work their way toward...
...really did the CIA trip, though, was that guy E. Howard Hunt. He made a living writing airport-bookstand-spy-thrillers when he wasn't burgling to make the world safe for democracy. He wrote a book about Watergate, too, but take away the cloak-and-dagger and all you get is self-service (it's cheaper that way). Just like Magruder and Dean, the two bright young boys who did all they could to stanch the tide just as soon as there wasn't a wave to ride anymore...
...that's when the momentum stopped, as both teams played erratically in the ensuing ten minutes and Dartmouth maintained a small but safe lead...
...walk away, where they took shelter in warehouses, their bundles of belongings arranged in a circle around each family. The rest exist in the bush, watching the kites (scavenging hawks) circle their villages. Last week the Ethiopian air force dropped leaflets telling the villagers it was safe to return home. Most declined...