Word: vans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Goals H. Tom 2. Rob Hawley. Tim McCaffery, Chris Pujols Pete Follows Paul Garavante D. Dave Burt 5. Rob Cote 2. Tim Downes Mike Thompson. Charlie Glidehaus, Bill Maag, John Van Slyke, Jack Bocock...
...arrests and searches took place in a number of cities, including Phoenix, New Haven, Conn., Boston, Cleveland, Omaha and Charlotte, N.C. Police in the East Village section of Manhattan, backed by a helicopter, an armored van and dogs, used sledgehammers to break into a building that served as a regional headquarters. Among the six Angels they arrested was a burly biker named Sandy Alexander, the reputed head of the national organization, who was captured when he clambered down a fire escape as an audience of 150 looked...
Ambivalence, indeed, seemed to be a keynote of the celebrations. Just before the parade got under way, Nguyen Van Linh, Communist Party secretary for Ho Chi Minh City, rose to celebrate Viet Nam's place "among the vanguard fighters for mankind's lofty ideals" and to extol its success in "overturning the global counterrevolutionary strategy of U.S. imperialism." But even Linh could not overlook the signs of decay around him. In Ho Chi Minh City (pop. 3.5 million) the walls of many houses are cracked, and the electricity supply is a sometime thing. Thousands sleep on the unswept sidewalks...
...afraid, perhaps, but sometimes bitter. Villagers around Ben Tre talk of defoliants--Agent Orange--sprayed by U.S. aircraft killing the coconut trees that provided the main source of their income. Vo Van Canh, 49, a former Viet Cong, points to his 17-year-old son, who has the arrested development of a two-year-old, the result, says Vo, of dioxin poisoning. At the Tu Du Women's Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc says her studies, though not conclusive, suggest that women exposed to the defoliants have 15 times as many fetal deaths as those...
...minutes after midnight, according to a night watchman at a nearby building, a white Toyota van pulled up behind the headquarters of the Belgian Business Federation in Brussels. Two men jumped from the vehicle, set it on fire, then fled, scattering handbills along the way. When firemen arrived on the scene a few minutes later, the van exploded, killing two of the fire fighters. The blast also injured twelve passersby. Belgian Justice Minister Jean Gol called the incident part of a concerted, Continent-wide terrorist campaign. Four other bombs also went off last week in Cologne and Dusseldorf, West Germany...