Word: transport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, Transportation Department documentsshow that a former CIA air transport company, saidto have played key roles in both arms sales toIrans and shipments to the Nicaraguan rebels, flewmore than 400 tons of cargo this year into an airbase used by an American-manned Contra resupplyoperation...
Southern Air Transport of Miami reported itmade 15 flights into a military airport in ElSalvador. The flights coincide with creation of anair resupply wing to carry weapons to the Contrarebels--an effort that government sources saidanonymously was managed by North...
...criticism at Swiss authorities, complaining that they had failed to supply news about the accident for 24 hours and then had not properly warned neighboring countries about the extent of the damage. "The Swiss have treated us in a beastly manner," complained Neelie Smit-Kroes, the Dutch Minister for Transport and Public Works. The Swiss assuaged tempers somewhat by accepting responsibility for the accident and stating that they would consider paying compensation. The delay in getting out information about the accident, said Swiss officials, was due to a "misunderstanding...
...Weir's freedom. Five days later Iran got some of the Hawk missiles and guidance equipment that had been on the shopping list relayed through Businessman Khashoggi. They are said to have been delivered by a DC-8 cargo plane that was once owned by a Miami-based air-transport company. The aircraft took off from Tabriz, Iran, disappeared from radar screens over Turkey, made what was supposed to be a "forced landing" in Israel and later returned to Iran by a circuitous route...
...audience sees the comic premise coming, and while there are plenty of surprises, there are also a lot of gags that one would expect in this sort of comedy. One can often easily guess the next measure of desperation to which Cleese will be driven, whether it be stealing transport or lying to the authorities. So, while the film has plenty of paralysing funniness, it also has long stretches of British dryness and worn-out conventions...