Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dangerous area, but all my stuff is here. My dogs are here. I figured you go down with the ship. Where do you go?" asked Todd Viele...
...were not sure what was happening, but I felt something had to be done" was the way Gerald Ford explained his recapture of the cargo ship Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand in 1975. "Let's do it" was Reagan's simple command that sent F-14 pilots aloft on a risky mission in the Mediterranean that apprehended and forced down the Egyptian airliner carrying the hijackers of the cruise ship Achille Lauro...
...other three, the nightmare will continue. No matter how precisely the A's marched through the summer, no matter how majestically Mitchell and Clark reigned over National League pitching, no matter how admirably Cito Gaston rescued the sinking Blue Jay ship, no matter how magically the Cubs warmed the hearts of baseball purists, something will happen to three of these teams over the next few weeks that will cause them to once again be branded as losers and chokers. Their accomplishments of 1989 will be forgotten. Their fans' laundry list of heartbreaking defeats will grow still longer...
NATION: Like a cruise ship from hell, Hugo hits the ports of call in the Caribbean, then turns its fury on the Carolinas...
Like a holiday cruise ship from hell, Hugo hit the major ports of call in the islands, killing at least 28 people and causing more than $2 billion in property damage. After pausing to regain its strength, it slammed into Charleston, S.C., with 135-m.p.h. winds. Its swath embraced coastal resorts and barrier islands well into North Carolina, leveling seaside homes and leaving communities isolated and without power. Eleven people were killed, and insurance experts predicted that the covered damage costs may exceed $753 million, the record payout caused by Hurricane Frederic...