Word: stallions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black Stallion...
Like most athletic teams, the Harvard men's tennis team has nicknames for its players. Roger "Rogus" Berry, Jon "Psycho" Card, Arkie "Archie" Engle, Ken "Haomaster" Hao, Ravi "Harry Krishna" Kumar, Mark "Backo" Leschly, Paul "Stallion I" and Leon "Stallion II" Paland-jian, Hank "Booter" Parichabutr, John "Stiney" Stine-baugh and Rob "Rabbi" Soni star for Harvard...
...area late last spring. After a convoy of three reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers and three U.S. warships began to make its way north through the gulf to Kuwait, it was disclosed that the vessels were protected by the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Guadalcanal and its RH-53 Sea Stallion minesweeping helicopters. The choppers, the same type used last week by Iran, flew ahead of the convoy, dragging mine-detecting sonar devices through the water...
Though both Paris and London made it clear that they were acting on their own, the Reagan Administration was delighted. Weinberger again called for an international minesweeping force to patrol the region, but the allies continued to spurn that proposal. The U.S.S. Guadalcanal, carrying eight Sea Stallion minesweeping helicopters, is not scheduled to reach the Persian Gulf until later this month, and British and French sweepers are not due to arrive until mid-September...
...mine that may have been planted by the Iranians, remained in Kuwait. Meanwhile, Washington found itself in the humiliating position of pleading with its European allies to send minesweepers to the gulf, a request that all spurned. At week's end the U.S. was rushing eight Sea Stallion minesweeping helicopters to the region, while three more Kuwaiti tankers moved into the gulf escorted by American warships...