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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...City's history: all six of the fire fighters who first arrived at the scene. Investigators suspect arsonists set the fire that ignited more than 20 tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive used at the construction site. But their search for clues and a motive will be no easy task. The explosion was so destructive that it may have obliterated crucial evidence...
...entwined its tentacles around Italy, frequently choking off the government's power. Vincenzo Parisi, chief of the Italian state police, says the Mafia's clout has made it a force strong enough to form an "anti-state." Domenico Sica, the high commissioner named last summer for the specific task of fighting the Mafia, recently warned a parliamentary commission that organized crime was in "total control" of parts of Sicily, Calabria and Campania. The Mob's lucrative drug trade has been shared with its crime families in America...
...survived his difficult passage, Tower would face the most complicated task in the next Administration. Eight years after Reagan expanded the military budget 50%, persistent budget deficits would force Tower to shrink Pentagon accounts by one-fourth of what was planned in fatter times. That means eliminating Navy ships, Army divisions and Air Force fighter aircraft envisioned by Caspar Weinberger in the flush years of the early 1980s -- nearly $200 billion in weapons and research programs over the next four years. Said former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara last week: "The DOD is as close to bankrupt...
Silber's decision to relax the ban came after he appointed a task force to study the plan. The president's revised decision incorporates some of their proposals, but is still more stringent than the task force recommended late last month...
...Regional Airline Association announced Friday it was forming a special task force of industry officials to find ways for the commuters to retain experienced pilots and management employees...