Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move is the latest in a series of Pan Am retrenchments. The company sold its Manhattan headquarters for $400 million in 1980 and its Intercontinental Hotels chain for $500 million the following year. In March, Pan Am sold its food- preparation unit...
...port, but this one was a true rarity: a Soviet T-54 tank. It was discovered last week near Pier 10, perched on top of a flatbed trailer in the parking lot of a farm- supply company. Not quite sure just why the tank was there, a specially equipped unit of the Baltimore police force dismantled the T-54's two .250- cal. machine guns and carted them off for safekeeping while they searched for the owner. A call to nearby Fort Meade did nothing to clear up the mystery. Eventually, the truck driver responsible for the tank called...
...probably the best we've played yet, as a unit," Usher said...
...People Express rate from Newark to London, uncomplicated by discounts and variations, is the cheapest transatlantic fare and seems to be regarded as a basic unit of measurement, like the prime meridian in Greenwich: $169, one way. But that is only as of today. The price is going up to $189 on April 28 and to $199 on June 5. In July, it may increase again. At these rates, the airline is booked nearly solid for May and is already taking reservations for June...
...assault on the village was one of a series of raids launched by the guerrillas against lightly defended targets. It came at a time when attacks by large units are relatively rare in El Salvador's civil war. Before legislative elections last month small groups of insurgents hit more than 20 small towns, burning government buildings and public records. In response, the Salvadoran government, with the help of U.S. military advisers, has been rejuvenating the country's civil defense network. One of the rebels' publicly declared goals is to undermine that effort; the object of the assault on Santa Cruz...