Word: shores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young men had expected long ago to have memories of the Viet Nam War behind them and concentrate on their growing families and civilian careers. But when 300 Long Island, N.Y., veterans, wives and children met at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bay Shore, they exchanged tales of a terror that has deformed their lives. Jim Albrigtsen, 30, is in almost constant pain from pus-filled lumps under his skin. Mike Ryan, 34, has recovered from a similar affliction, but his eight-year-old daughter Kerry has 18 birth defects, including missing bones in her right...
...soon as he knew that Troy had fallen, Polymestor murdered the boy and took the gold. Unknown to him, the sea-rotted corpse has drifted to shore and is dumped before Hecuba's gaze. She is past weeping by now. She wants the gift of death, surcease from all sorrow. But she has a priority: vengeance. Before the final curtain, Polymestor lurches forward on all fours, his eye sockets craters of streaming blood. He utters the primal howl that punctuates these plays. It is the moment when all reason has toppled and the dogs of fate rend man with...
...political upheaval has virtually destroyed the once flourishing economy of Central America's most densely populated state. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has indicated that the U.S. was eager to provide $49 million in economic aid to help stabilize the junta. But money alone probably will not shore up the embattled government, and Washington policymakers concede that their options are limited. Says one Government analyst: "You get the very depressing feeling that all the U.S. can do is wait until it blows and then see what can be done...
...both: $2.2 billion as an initial installment on the Egyptian-Israeli treaty (Israel is dissatisfied with a $200 million increase over this in credits; President Carter is seeking congressional approval to send an additional $1.1 billion in arms aid to Egypt, while Sadat is asking for staggering sums to shore up the decrepit Egyptian economy...
...bringing up children, Le Guin sold her first short story when she was 30 and then began building a stellar reputation among sci-fi fans; her 1969 novel The Left Hand of Darkness won both a Hugo and a Nebula, science fiction's most prestigious awards. The Farthest Shore (1972) received a National Book Award. As the youngsters went off to school, the author fell into a writing schedule that she still maintains. She goes to her writing room in the house each morning at 9 and sits there for at least four hours, whether ideas are flowing...