Word: starks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iraq has been responsible for most of the attacks on Persian Gulf shipping, and it was misguided Iraqi missiles that blindsided the U.S.S. Stark in May. But in response, the Reagan Administration lashed out at Iran and pushed its plan to put American flags on tankers belonging to Iraq's ally Kuwait...
Until the attack on the Stark, former Chief of Staff Don Regan, his successor Howard Baker and other top White House aides never focused on the - political or military risks involved. Nor did the Congressmen who were informed seem interested in a full briefing. With the uproar over the Stark and the subsequent flurry of publicity about the reflagging plan, Baker and his men realized that the risks had not been adequately weighed. But by then it was impossible to back off, especially in the face of Iran's public crowing about the U.S.'s helplessness...
...court last October superficially seemed like a replay of history. Examined more closely, it was a measure of how far the nation has progressed toward racial equality since 1954 -- and the difficult distance it still has to travel. While the constitutional battle fought by Oliver Brown raised the stark issue of legalized segregation, the concerns addressed by his daughter involved the ambiguous notion of "racial balance" in mixed schools and the lagging performance of some black pupils. Confronting this complex problem, both blacks and whites are split on whether more racial balance will help poor black students...
...demonstrating that a single piece of machinery worth several thousand dollars can successfully penetrate a defense system costing billions of dollars ((WORLD, June 15)), young Mathias Rust of West Germany has opened a new chapter in military history. The tragedy of the U.S.S. Stark and Rust's daring flight prove that our high-tech weapons systems cannot be relied on. Why buy Star Wars when all it takes is a simple Cessna...
...Chinese-made Silkworm missiles that Iran is deploying along the Strait of Hormuz. They have a range of about 50 miles, enough to cover the entire strait, and carry a 1,000-lb. warhead, three times as heavy as the warhead of the Exocet that hit the Stark...