Search Details

Word: hidden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Rouge is their ability to make tactical retreats into Thailand, where they rest and regroup?much to the discomfiture of the neutral Thais. Some 30,000 Khmer Rouge and their supporters crossed into Thailand last month during a Vietnamese offensive, and reportedly have since returned to Cambodia, presumably having hidden their arms there. One obvious danger is that Hanoi might risk a direct attack into Thailand. Said a top Western diplomatic observer in Bangkok last week: "The war can easily spill over into Thailand. Hanoi wants very badly to get rid of the Khmer Rouge and may use hot pursuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deathwatch: Cambodia | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...married, recently arrived couple, Nick (Ralph Redpath) and his wife Honey (Joy Bond). In the ill-defined hours of early morning, the four play out a series of nightmarish games of confrontation. The cob web illusions that cling to the consciousness are torn away to reveal ugly truths long hidden...

Author: By Amy R. Gutman, | Title: Treading the Fine Line Between Illusion and Reality | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...centuries the Dalai Lama was the god-king of Tibet, spiritual and temporal ruler of an enigmatic Asain civilization hidden among the Himalayas. Today the Dalai Lama remains a spiritual leader for millions of followers of Tibetan Buddhism across the world. But since Communist China took over Tibet twenty years ago, he has become a controversial political figure as well...

Author: By Elizabeth E. Ryan, | Title: Hello Dalai | 10/24/1979 | See Source »

...cameras that can take pictures at a scanning rate of 100,000 sq. mi. per hr., making it possible to monitor military targets anywhere in the world. Most important are the Blackbird's ELINT-electronic intelligence-gathering functions that are also known as "ferreting." SR-71s can detect hidden objectives by interpreting electronic signals at extremely high altitudes. In addition, Blackbirds carry a long-range, side-looking radar (SLAR) that can spy deep into foreign countries without actually crossing their frontiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Blackbirds over Cuba | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Until Watergate. Helms is bitter now. He comes across as too much a true believer in CIA ethics to write his memoirs and spill the many secrets that no doubt still remain hidden in that spacious closet. But he wants the record set straight--or at least set it his way--on the CIA's involvement in Watergate. Helms says Nixon fired him in 1973 and banished him to Iran (as ambassador) because the President was furious when Helms refused to enlist the CIA in the Watergate cover-up. The CIA was not directly behind the break-in (though some...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Company He Kept | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next