Word: southeasterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...month. As they watched, a 71-ft. fishing boat called Tiki X unloaded its cargo: 30 tons of pot. By dawn's light, police had arrested 26 men; all were later charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate state narcotics laws. The next morning, about 400 miles southeast of Cape Cod, a Coast Guard cutter intercepted the Biscayne Freeze, a 240-ft. freighter registered in Panama. After firing five rounds from a .50-cal. machine gun across the Biscayne Freeze's bow, ten men boarded the ship, found 31 tons of pot aboard and arrested the crew...
...order to test Syrian and Lebanese intentions. Such a move would be welcomed by the Lebanese, who increasingly resent the continued Israeli occupation. Many of them blame the Israeli presence for the sporadic factional fighting between Christians and Muslims in the hilly Chouf and Aley regions a few miles southeast of Beirut. Meanwhile, the Israelis and the Lebanese have not agreed even on how to proceed with the withdrawal negotiations. The Israelis want to talk directly with the Lebanese about all aspects of future relations between the two countries. The Lebanese, determined to strengthen their Arab ties, prefer...
...monotone, Urban proceeded to recite an astounding letter of conciliation to General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the leader of Poland's martial-law regime, from Lech Walesa, the jailed leader of the outlawed Solidarity union. The message had been written from Arlamowo, a government-owned hunting lodge about 200 miles southeast of Warsaw, where Walesa has been detained since May. When Urban came to the end of the note, he smiled slightly at the ironic signature of "Corporal," the rank held by the rebellious leader in the army reserves after serving in the military in the early '60s, but most...
...NIGHT NEARLY two years ago, three American nuns and a lay worker were making their way toward Zacatecoluca, 45 miles southeast of San Salvador, when five Salvadoran national guardsmen stopped and questioned them. Later, the soldiers claimed the women had tried to avoid a roadblock. No one will ever know the Americans' side of the story: they were raped, murdered and buried...
...think most people outside the community know what's going on here," says Min whose pressing concern is with the number of immigrants from southeast Asia who reach Boston in great number and great need. Chinatown has 3500 registered citizens, and Min says the neighborhood continues to swell with newcomers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam...