Search Details

Word: wings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...carrying out his stated policy to allow peaceful protest, de Klerk faces opposition not only from right-wing parties but from the security establishment that enjoyed wide powers under former President P.W. Botha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Klerk Elected South African President | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

Outside historians have said that the series of appointments marks an effort by the department to restock its beleaguered American wing, which has been hurt in recent years by an inability to agree on tenure appointments...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Gienapp Accepts Post As American Historian | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

...decade-long hiring drought in the American wing of the History Department appears to have ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholars Trickling into History | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

...decade-long hiring drought in the American wing of the History Department appears to have ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholars Trickling into History | 9/11/1989 | See Source »

Even before the U.S. announced its infusion of emergency assistance, Colombia's government had scored some early victories, confiscating in raids hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of drug kingpins' property. Included were 143 fixed-wing planes and helicopters believed to be used to smuggle drugs to the U.S., a number of yachts, and the mansions and ranches of the most prominent lords of the Medellin cartel: Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. Colombian television showed viewers some indications of the drug lords' obscenely lavish life-styles. One of Rodriguez Gacha's spreads north of Bogota boasts several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Too Far | 9/4/1989 | See Source »

Previous | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | Next