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Word: supersecret (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...waiting military vehicles. But so alarming was the event that President George Bush, acutely mindful that he had been seen to be dithering during October's aborted coup in Panama, quickly convened a meeting of a National Security Council emergency group and ordered a small contingent of the supersecret Delta Force into San Salvador. At one point Bush even made the embarrassing claim that the U.S. commandos had "liberated" the Green Berets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador: The Sheraton Siege | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

There I was in the cockpit, hurtling toward the coast of Libya at 500 m.p.h. My mission: to drop a couple of 100-lb. Maverick missiles on a terrorist training camp near the Libyan port of Benghazi. My craft: the new supersecret F-19, a plane so hard to pick up on radar that I felt sure I could swoop in and blast Gaddafi's buddies without getting shot down myself. Suddenly, I saw something that shattered my composure. High over my stubby left wing, a Soviet-built MiG-25 Foxbat fighter was headed my way. Did the enemy know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: I Flew the Stealth Fighter | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...COVER: Supersecret U. S. bombmakers produce a dangerous mess that imperils the well- being of Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: Oct. 31, 1988 | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...major Soviet | espionage ring. Mulroney confirmed that six days earlier Ottawa had expelled eight Soviet diplomats and declared nine others persona non grata for "improper and unacceptable behavior." That was a euphemism for what proved to be one of the most brazen Soviet efforts in years to steal supersecret American military technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada Spy Wars | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...tasks like organizing food and medical supplies for periods of curfew and supplying money to the poorer families. Another subcommittee ensures that foreign and Israeli journalists covering the uprising have access to the Palestinian side of the story. The most important committee is the one for "struggle operations." This supersecret, three- or four-member group decides what specific actions to take, from stone throwing to confrontations with the Israeli army. Once a tactic is approved, word is passed to the camp's or village's popular committee. From there, individual faction leaders mobilize their forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Who's Running the Insurrection? | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

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