Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sometimes I have to step in the fray, becoming a target of most cruel blows, it is not at all by natural taste, but because someone must finally make up his mind to take a position...
...turn has enabled Lebanese President Amin Gemayel to preserve the semblance of a central government by maintaining authority at least around the capital, and so far has probably prevented Lebanon from taking the final plunge into anarchy, partition or both. But that very fact has made the MNF a target for the many Lebanese factions determined to bring down Gemayel. Already, five U.S. Marines, 17 French troops and one Italian have been killed; 43 Americans, 41 French and 27 Italians have been wounded. As American naval shelling and French aerial strikes against guerrilla positions in the Chouf Mountains last week...
...talk briefly about the cease-fire negotiations. Then Amin leans forward and, chopping the air for emphasis, he says, "Our target is not the ceasefire. We want one, but it is not our goal. Everyone needs the cease-fire now. It may be destructive for us, but it is for them too. The goal is the withdrawal of all foreign forces. The battle in the mountains has had two aspects. In one sense it has been a sideshow to prevent Lebanon from asking for complete [foreign] withdrawal. In another, I think they wanted to come into Beirut and overthrow...
...very next Crimson drive ended in Villanueva's off-target kick. After the Healy-to-Dickerson connection two plays later, the field tilted in the other direction...
...worthy goal the search committee should consider is replacing Chafin, a Black, with another minority student director. Boston's deplorable racial climate is well known and, in general, minorities traditionally have been the target of police harassment and violence. The presence of a minority police chief would be a reassurance to the University community that the Harvard department will not engage in such practices...