Word: wolfe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saudi diplomacy tends to be cautious, and the initial Saudi response to the new war in Lebanon seemed confused, as if the monarchy had been caught off-guard. "They are almost in a schizophrenic state," said Wolf Mendl of the war studies faculty at King's College in London. Mendl noted that "like all Arab states, the Saudis don't have much time for the P.L.O., but they are absolutely committed to the Palestinian cause." Saudi Arabia has a significant Palestinian population of its own. Many Palestinians hold influential positions in the government...
...during the war, 23 scored hits. These, however, were most probably British missiles; the U.S.-supplied Sidewinders were apparently used only to replenish inventories in Britain. Also supplied were highly effective laser target indicators for British ground forces and a radar system for the Royal Navy's Sea wolf surface-to-air missiles...
...collision between the Stones and the States had an impact on the music as well. Convening here with their idols--Berry, Waters, Diddley. Howlin Wolf--they received new encouragement to use the American classics as a foundation as they moved onto orginal work. While Richards honed his barebones, metallic mixture of rock and R & B. Jagger discovered that the old stories about screwing and getting screwed over could be retold--with more of a snarl, if that seemed right, or even a touch of parody, to show that the whole business didn't mean much to the Stones...
...mainland-based Argentine A-4 attack bombers against the British fleet. According to the British, twelve of the U.S.-built Skyhawks, carrying bombs and rockets, bore down on the ships. British Defense Ministry sources said that two of the aircraft were downed by British frigates using sophisticated Sea wolf missiles, while a third disappeared from task force radar screens and was presumed destroyed. (The Argentines said two aircraft were lost.) The Argentines claimed that their bombers had inflicted considerable damage on the frigates during the attack, while the British said that one of the ships had suffered minor damage from...
Howard Baker seems the perfect Government representative. But when the cuts concern his pork-barrel projects, like the Clinch River breeder reactor, he is not asking as much of himself as he does of other Senators. Baker may be a shepherd in party matters, but he is a wolf when legislation threatens Tennessee...