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...countries have similar fears. As a result, billions of dollars of American, British and French weapons have been flowing into the area. Underlining the climate of uncertainty in the gulf, the British tanker Renown was struck last week by Iranian air-launched missiles. Ironically, Renown had been steaming to unload Iranian oil from another stricken tanker, hit by Iraqi missiles the week before...
...addition, when the Texaco-Getty and Socal-Gulf deals go through--Reagan's Justice Department is unlikely to require more than that they unload some of their departments to make the companies seem less, huge--fully 57 percent of the nation's oil reserves will be controlled by just eight companies, and their hold on refining and distributing will be strengthened...
Working for a beer distributor this summer, I was among people who load and unload trucks ten to twelve hours a day. They are the strongest and fittest individuals I have ever known. The true Spartans are not prancing around in designer tights or contorting themselves on weight machines. They are using their muscles to make a living...
...contrast, the destruction of KAL 007 has become an international incident of near crisis proportions--complete with a Soviet veto in the UN Security Council, and significant repercussions in East-West relations, ranging from Congressional debates on defense issues to the refusal of Boston longshoremen to unload cargo from Soviet vessels--and came as a major shock to the Korean nation. The Korean government, the principal aggrieved party, has had its hands virtually tied...
According to the Cloud's documents, the ship was on a perfectly legal mission, heading for Nigeria to unload its cargo. Although the Venezuelans initially thought the weapons could have been destined for Cuba or Nicaragua, the Nigerian embassy in Caracas and the ship's Greek owners confirmed the destination. That did not answer the question of why, for 62 days, no one bothered to search for the Cloud or claim its explosive cargo...