Word: specters
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...himfrom holding office a third consecutive term, theattraction of running in an election was not loston Thornburgh as 1986 approached. First he lovedwith the idea of running against incumbent ArlenSpecter (R.-Pa.) for a U.S. Senate seat. Hisstatewide popularity would have made that electiona close one, but friendship with Specter anddesire to "get out of politics for a while" madeThornburgh change his mind...
Such worries are justified, and not merely because of the scale of the ongoing South Korean civil disturbances. In the past two decades, unexpected violence and the fear of it have become an ugly Olympic specter. In 1968 more than 400 protesters were killed in rioting just days before the Mexico City Games. And in 1972 Palestinian terrorists forever ended complacence when they abducted and murdered eleven members of the Israeli team in Munich. The U.S. and some 60 other nations boycotted the 1980 Games in Moscow, and four years later the Soviet Union and 16 other Communist countries retaliated...
...restored Victorian train station in Wilmington, Del., was as buoyant as the red, white and blue balloons waiting to be unleashed to the sky. Yet there was Joe Biden, gambling that he could pump up the crowd even higher while challenging his middle-class neighbors with the specter of a "nation at risk" from materialist values, declining industries, drug abuse, inadequate schools and kids abandoned to poverty. "It is the plight of our children that is the moral test of our time," he roared in a voice that bounced off the surrounding buildings...
Confronted by the specter of these raiders on their doorstep, the Allegis directors unveiled on May 28 a recapitalization plan as a new takeover defense. Under its provisions, the company would take on more than $3 billion in additional debt and then give stockholders a $60 cash payment for every share they owned. Company officials apparently believed the huge new debt would make Allegis a less attractive takeover target and that the cash payout would placate Coniston and other restive shareholders. They were wrong. The pilots still talked takeover, and Coniston pressed forward with its proposal to break...
...vessels only after the Soviet Union aided the Kuwaitis by leasing them three tankers last March. While the Administration insists it is still neutral in the 6 1/2-year war between Iran and Iraq, Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Armitage said, "We can't stand to see Iraq defeated. That specter would lead to instability from Marrakesh to Bangladesh...