Word: stolen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...daylight hours, the cratered, potholed streets are crowded. Beirutis whose cars have not been stolen drive around the city with an ear cocked for bursts of gunfire, signs that militiamen are approaching in their Jeeps and battered cars. Generally the gunmen shoot their automatic weapons into the air as they career around a corner, warning other drivers to clear a lane. But they can get ornery if anyone blocks their way. Many a hesitant motorist has had his tires shot out from under...
...high-tech firms that help give the U.S. its essential -- but fast shrinking -- edge over the Soviets in high-technology equipment. From their high-rent spy nest in San Francisco, KGB agents fan out through the valley, looking for Americans who can be bought and secrets that can be stolen...
Among the material the FBI recovered from John's drop-off point last month was a three-page "Dear friend" letter. "Storage is becoming a problem," it began, going on to discuss a situation "we once faced in Hong Kong." The storage problem presumably referred to the hiding of stolen material. The letter also described the activities of persons referred to only as D, S and K. It reported that S was providing "a large quantity of material" and "making a career decision in the Navy" where "good access is possible." Authorities have identified S as son Michael...
...President's defense of his pardon of Richard Nixon, and Nation Editor Victor Navasky argued that Ford's own words on the pardon and other subjects were "hot news." The book's publishers, Harper & Row and Reader's Digest, sued, charging that Navasky had violated the copyright laws and stolen former President Ford's right to determine the time and place for first publication of his recollections...
...looted a warehouse. Others broke out of the terminal and raided nearby farms. Shooting was reported at some border posts as the increasingly frustrated refugees tried to drive their vehicles through closed crossings or escape by foot along bush paths. A few claimed that their vehicles were smashed or stolen and that they were robbed of their belongings...