Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Through most of this turmoil, U.S. supervision of the mining was a matter of conjecture and supposition. It was quite obvious supposition to be sure, since the contras could hardly have placed the mines on then" own. Then, a bit more than a week ago, word leaked that the CIA had stowed the mines aboard a mother ship and dispatched them into Nicaraguan harbors aboard small, fast boats manned by CIA-recruited and -trained commando teams. Indeed, some members of the House Intelligence Committee now contend they have been told by the CIA that the contras'role in the operation...
...turmoil at Lehman Brothers was caused by Chairman Lewis Glucksman, 58. Glucksman is an uncompromising competitor who gets to the office each day before 6 a.m. He joined the firm in 1963 after working as an arbitrager with A.G. Becker, a stock brokerage. Eventually, he moved into securities trading and built it into one of Lehman's most profitable areas, at the same time making a reputation for himself as a sharp, shrewd analyst of financial markets...
...decades since, China has persistently reiterated this theme, which forms the centerpiece of its sweeping arms control proposals and peace plans. With equal persistence, it has quietly pursued the development of nuclear weapons, despite the political turmoil of the Cultural revolution, under Mao and under his successors...
...does Kay finally decide to go out with Lucky after she's turned him down every week for the last month? Her awkward explanation. "You know I think you're really swell" is hardly a sufficient clue. Was her initial reluctance coy, or indicative of some inner moral turmoil...
...policy in Central America, which Mitterrand implicitly criticized during his speech to Congress. "Civil wars are not triggered by external influence alone, even if they may serve foreign interests," he said, alluding to Reagan's contention that the Soviet Union is behind the region's turmoil...