Word: shark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decent room. He hates dirt, and went through four hotels before finding one with hot water. With his trademark cigarette holder in one hand, gin-and-tonic in the other, Thompson is covering the goings-on in Grenada for Rolling Stone. This time he has no "Great Red Shark," the rented Chevy convertible in his account of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but a rented fire-red mini Moke, an open-sided vehicle that honeymooners use on Caribbean beach tours. He also has a press pass, plenty of Dunhills and unlimited credit at the Red Crab. Just like...
Reagan's rush to invade Grenada was designed to divert attention from his disaster in Lebanon. "We need a win," said Reagan's advisors, so the Yankee shark swallowed the Caribbean sardine, a ploy to whip the population into line behind the red hot Cold War. Meanwhile, Reagan vows that those responsible for the Beirut bombing "will pay." This means more U.S. troops to Lebanon to serve as Israel's cat's pew and shore up the rule of the Phalangist gangsters. The SYL's call for "Marines out of Lebanon now and alive!" evokes the wide-spread anti-government...
...George's were the most trying. Captain Alfred, who calls himself the "Big Fisherman," had argued against taking his 20-ft. vessel into the harbor directly under the guns of the People's Revolutionary Army's (P.R.A.) Fort Rupert. We had worried more about a shark spotted on the five-hour trip from the out island of Carriacou than any trouble we expected ashore. Two U.S. helicopters had buzzed us as we approached, and we waved back with our cameras and radios. But as we came closer to the coastline, we heard the dull thud of bombs...
Interest levels are far below the Mafia-like loan-shark rates of 20% or so that prevailed 24 months ago, but they are still very high by historical standards. Inflation, now at an annual rate of less than 4%, could be rekindled if the economy heats up too quickly. Already there are a few scant signs of that. In May, the producer price index, a harbinger of consumer prices, rose .3%, after declining slightly in April and March. Small though it was, it was the highest rise for the index so far this year...
Closing a mini-panel on the art and utility of video, video producers, RockAmerica, offered a sampling of their wares. After segments by Red Rocker and Brian Brain they unfortunately aired a piece by the Surf Punks, title "Shark Attack" Boston Rock's Music Seminar issue had reviewed this particular piece and the audience supported their verdict "It looks like it was made by the same people who make porno flicks," the hosting publication read. "And to top it off, the song is awful...