Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Military sources at embassies in Bahrain said their study of the conflicting battle communiques issued by Iran and Iraq and intelligence reports indicated Iraq had defeated the Iranian thrust. The sources, who spoke on condition thery not be identified, put Iranian losses at about 14,000 killed and twice as many wounded...
...Have you noticed," asked Ahmed Karabegovic, secretary-general of the organizing committee for the Sarajevo Games, "that all of the stores in the city still have the Olympic emblem in the windows and that many men wear this Olympic tie?" He thrust forward a cravat with a snowflake and five rings woven into its design. "It is a small thing, but it is significant. Before, our city was known as a town of ashes, the place where a war began. Now it is a town of the Olympics and of friendship; much has changed...
Criminal-law experts are unsurprised by the seemingly liberal thrust of the decision. "I would have been surprised if they had gone the other way," says University of Chicago Law Professor Philip Kurland. The right of everyone to an effective defense is endorsed by virtually all political factions, notes Yale Kamisar of the University of Michigan Law School. "People dig in their heels only when protections are extended that appear to handcuff police search and confession procedures...
...five of us were trying everything to steady the plane," said Pilot Ming Yuan Ho, 55. Cruising at around 41,000 feet about 350 miles northwest of San Francisco, the Boeing 747 SP suddenly lost full power in one engine, and the other three began to operate with reduced thrust. The 325-ton bird dropped six miles in two minutes, practically turning upside down as it rolled to the right. The force of the fall ripped off the doors of the landing-gear compartment, and may have sent the 7-ft. by 4-ft. metal sheets tearing through the stabilizing...
Although the Guide is a University publication and officials help shape its editorial thrust, the actual writeups are free from official censorship, Okun says...