Word: standoff
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...police surrounded the school and townspeople scrambled to raise ransom money, Doris tried to comfort the scared and tired children by bringing in library books, crayons and a television set. Some youngsters wept; a few vomited into the classroom sink. After a 2 1/2-hour standoff, White left to go to the bathroom, handing his wife, who was standing in the center of the room, two bottles of gasoline wired to a battery and manual trigger. When her hand apparently slipped on the trigger, she set off the crude bomb. The blast killed her instantly. It seared young faces with flash...
Infuriated by the charges, Peres last week sought to fire Moda'i, thus triggering a bitter standoff. Shamir, who is scheduled to become Prime Minister in October under the coalition agreement, blocked Moda'i's dismissal and accused Peres of seeking to scuttle the political accord. When Moda'i offered to resign Wednesday, Likud ministers closed ranks. If Moda'i goes, Shamir vowed, "all Likud will go too, and Peres should know that in contemplating sacking Moda'i, he is in fact bringing down this government...
...standoff continued with the demonstrators confronting about 100 university police officers plus additional officers called in from nearby cities...
...kept right on pumping. OPEC, meanwhile, is currently producing at least 17.5 million bbl. a day, even though demand for its oil is only at 15 million bbl. As a result, prices are plunging while the countries wait to see which one will be the first to blink. The standoff could bring months or even years of rock-bottom energy bills. Says Mani Said al-Oteiba, Oil Minister of the United Arab Emirates: "The price war is here." Adds Constantine Fliakos, senior petroleum analyst at Merrill Lynch: "It's a case of everyone for himself...
...other was an investigation into the standoff between the U.S. and the Italian military at the Sigonella NATO base, where the EgyptAir Boeing first landed. Local police reported that tensions between the two allies turned ugly when the U.S. special Delta Force saw its prey being taken from it. Nevertheless, the clash never went beyond raised voices. Said Craxi Envoy Antonio Badini, who negotiated the surrender of the four terrorists to Italian authorities: "Abbas' role appeared to us of secondary significance." More important, he said, "was our respect for international law, our relations with Egypt...