Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...tiny atoll becomes a big American base...
...face was drawn and pale, and he could not even muster the energy to smile as he emerged from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington last week. Jimmy Carter was physically exhausted from the rigors of his eight-day, 10,500-mile tour of Europe, and he was headed for a long weekend of rest at Camp David to prepare for a campaign swing through California this week. But just as clearly, he was also elated. The President was home from his ninth and probably his most successful summit with U.S. allies. The two days...
Thai military officials later said that their artillery had struck a Vietnamese fire base about four miles inside Cambodia. Military casualties were relatively light; the Thais claimed to have recovered 72 Vietnamese dead and lost 22 of their own men. But hundreds of refugees were reported killed, many by a Thai artillery barrage that was lobbed into one of the camps. Others were caught in the crossfire. Two International Red Cross officials and two American photographers were apparently captured by Vietnamese soldiers while they were inspecting the refugee encampment at Nong Chan...
Editorial Page Editor Robert L. Bartley, 42, who this year won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, encourages his five writers to develop their own sources and even break news on occasion. For example, the agreement under which the deposed Shah of Iran left Texas' Lackland Air Force Base for Panama last year was first disclosed in a Journal editorial...
Harold Solomon, ranked sixth on the pro circuit, has never beaten Borg in 14 attempts. He has a different idea about the mainsprings of Borg's success. Says Solomon: "He has this operating range that goes from about 5 or 6 ft. behind the base line to 3 or 4 ft. inside the base line, and he's like a god in there. To try to beat him in that range is almost impossible. I think he's two or three levels above everybody else. My playing him is almost like some good high school team playing the Pittsburgh Steelers...