Word: untilized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Not far from Tuscarora, rancher Robin Van Norman drives a visitor into a verdant canyon sited down by U.S. Forest Service land in the Independence Mountains. Until gold was discovered, the Van Normans owned the rights to graze their cattle there. Now, on the very fence they built to control...
The heart of the $4 billion development is the plaza, the great outdoor living room for personal pursuits and free performances. The plaza encompasses North Cove Yacht Harbor, which can berth 26 megayachts. "This harbor is ecologically pure," says developer George Nicholson of Watermark Associates. "Until now, berthing a yacht...
The Rebels. Their first big mistake was trying to persuade Noriega to retire peacefully instead of killing him or handing him over to the U.S. Their second was counting on Major Francisco Olechea, commander of the elite Battalion 2000, to be neutral; instead, he brought his troops to Noriega's...
Despite the long-standing contacts between the U.S. and Panamanian military and intelligence communities, the U.S. apparently did not learn of the coup until Giroldi spilled his story. Compounding that failure, the CIA officers whom Giroldi informed of the coup failed to arrange for reliable communication with him. "The first...
The plan's success is far from certain, of course. General Michel Aoun, commander of the Christian forces fighting Syria and its Lebanese Muslim allies, warned in East Beirut that "the war of liberation will continue" until the Syrians are driven out. Muslim warlords also dismissed the Taif meeting and...