Word: zoned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...National Oceans Policy Commission would be charged with looking at problems such as pollution, coastal zone management, fisheries conservation and acid rain in the oceans and Great Lakes. It would recommend policy changes within two years...
...actual winds were detrimental, the winds of fate seemed to favor the Huskies with three minutes left. Quarterback Jim O'Leary dusted off his throwing arm and completed seven of eight passes--including an eight-yard toss to Brooks Estadt in the end zone--in an 80-yard, 50-second touchdown drive which closed the gap to three points...
...head wind may have been Harvard's enemy, but the tail wind was its good friend. Winds poured into the Stadium from the closed end, ruffling flags, sending balloons sailing out of the open end and sending Harvard passes soaring toward the end zone...
Meanwhile, Zimbabwean rangers have been capturing Zambezi Valley rhinos and moving them away from the war zone. Since 1984 the teams have relocated nearly 240 animals to safer game reserves and fenced-in ranches. On one recent morning, Warden Clem Coetsee, head of the capture unit, set out with his men to bag their 75th rhino of the three-month dry-weather capturing season. Armed with a heavy darting rifle loaded with nerve-blocking tranquilizer, he spotted a rhino cow, moved into range and took careful aim. The dart hit the beast's shoulder with a thwack. She snorted...
Longhofer's operations units racked up some other successes. In 1983, one branch set up a helicopter surveillance project in Korea to monitor North Korean agents crossing the demilitarized zone at night. The same year, they supplied Bushmaster rapid-firing cannons to the CIA, which mounted them on speedboats and used them to blow up a Nicaraguan oil refinery. Also Seaspray transferred some of its special helicopters to the CIA; several Seaspray pilots left the Army and were hired by the CIA as civilian employees. They then flew the choppers in direct attacks on the Sandinistas...