Word: timedealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The insurgents' action was carefully timed to take place when both the Prime Minister and General Arthit Kamlang-ek, Thailand's Supreme Commander, were out of the country. Before his departure, however, Prem had been informed by Thai intelligence that a coup might occur and alerted loyalist military brass. By...
The main reason for the nerve-racking 24-hour delay in the release of the hostages was a last-minute demand by Nabih Berri, leader of the Amal militia, that Washington give assurances there would be no retaliation by the U.S. or Israel against the Shi'ites after the hostages...
The strong dollar and capital spending cutbacks have been painful to IBM. Some of the company's latest product introductions also seem to have been timed poorly. In February IBM unveiled its Sierra line, a family of mainframe computers to be delivered this fall. The announcement sharply curtailed sales of...
Seeing at least the third and fourth pitches, because he fouls those off, Whitfield finally strikes out on the fifth. After nine pitches, without ever leaving the strike zone, the Mets' emergency ends and the Dodgers' begins. In the top of the ninth, Valenzuela also loads the bases with no...
An agreement that was never ratified and is timed to expire Dec. 31 would hardly seem cause for high drama. But this document is the 1979 U.S.-Soviet accord reached in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, popularly known as SALT II. Despite its unratified status, both the Carter and Reagan...