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Word: vor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most part, Britons refrained from drawing parallels between the success of the S.A.S. assault and the failure of the American attempt to rescue the U.S. embassy hostages in Iran, but the point was inescapable. Newspaper editorials, though glowing with patriotic fer vor, noted the vast logistical differences between the two operations. As the Lon don Sun put it in a headline: O.K., SO WE WON, BUT LET'S NOT MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE ABOUT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: A Daring Rescue at Princes Gate | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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