Word: ued
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...territorial waters, and two of the fleet's F-14s promptly shot down a pair of attacking Libyan Su-22s. The rash, Soviet-supplied Libyan leader is a bête noire to the Administration: last February when Gaddafi was suspected of fomenting a coup against the pro-U.S. Sudanese regime, Washington sent four AWACS to neighboring Egypt and the carrier Nimitz to Libya's coast...
...Japan-U.S. relations. Various disputes do exist. However, the Japanese and U.S. governments have reaffirmed their resolve to find solutions to these problems. That in itself, I believe, represents a major achievement. In the free world, problems always exist. It would be rather strange to see no conflicts. What matters is the fact that we can frankly discuss solutions. I have shown my willingness to find solutions, and I am aware of the same sincere resolve on the American side...
...Soviets. We have no intention of acting as a bridge, so to speak, between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., nor do we have plans to serve as an honest broker between them. Based on the foundation of our membership in the West, and with Japan-U.S. relations as the cornerstone, we intend to maintain unity in the free world...
...principal subsidiary of Alleghany, continues American Express's push into financial services. In addition to its own credit cards and traveler's-check business, the company already owns Shearson, a leading Wall Street securities firm; Fireman's Fund, a large insurance company; and the non-U.S. banking subsidiaries of Switzerland's Trade Development Bank. The deal puts American Express back into the mutual-fund market, which it left in 1975. IDS is one of the top ten American managers of mutual stock-and money-market funds. It runs 14 pools with total assets...
Ethiopia forms part of an arc, which now extends from Afghanistan through North Yemen to Angola, of Soviet influence in the Middle East and Africa. The country's Marxist rulers, who toppled the pro-U.S. government of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974, now only rarely open their doors to Western reporters. One of the few who has managed to catch a glimpse of how Marxism African-style works is TIME Nairobi Bureau Chief John Borrell. His report...