Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...golf course at Fort Amador, a base shared by U.S. and Panamanian military units, was deserted yesterday. A causeway where Panamanians picnic near the fort was empty except for a salsa group rehearsing...
PANAMA CITY, Panama--Soldiers in battle gear ringed U.S. military bases near the tense capital yesterday following the fatal shooting of an American officer in the worst confrontation between Panama and the United States in 25 years...
According to a U.S. Southern Command statement, the officer was "off duty, unarmed and in civilian clothes when he and three others were stopped by Panamanian soldiers near the Defense Headquarters in the old section of Panama City...
...house near me worth a minimum of $65,000 was recently offered for sale by HUD for $50,000 (mistake No. 1). I bid $58,100, but lost it to a bid of $54,000 because the Government decided to accept the lower offer even before the bids were opened (mistake No. 2). One bumbled sale a real estate depression does not make. But if it's happening in my neighborhood, you have to wonder whether it won't be happening in others as well...
Bonnettstown: A House in Ireland by Andrew Bush (Abrams; $37.50). Built near Kilkenny in 1737, this limestone manor house is revealed in 45 magnificent color photographs. The rooms display the cluttered charm that only two centuries of daily use can bring. Bush revels in textures: flaking plaster, rubbed wood, well-worn carpets. This book celebrates old but ageless beauty...