Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Assad's allies profess not to be worried. "It's what the Syrians do, not what they say, that counts," says a Western diplomat. That point was emphasized earlier this month, when the first of 300 Syrian tanks and other armored vehicles arrived at the Saudi port of Yanbu. Assad had agreed to the shipment in September but claimed that transportation problems had delayed the deployment. Though Western diplomats initially dismissed that excuse, they now believe Assad and are confident that Damascus will honor its original commitment to send its entire 9th Armored Division, totaling...
...seeks to become the first N.F.L. player to gain 1,000 yds. in each of three decades) and sweeps and quick openers by jackrabbit Dave Meggett, who can also turn short passes into scampering long gainers. This year Simms has taken fewer chances throwing into defensive coverage; at one point, he had fired 150 passes without an interception...
...paddle moved. After some moments of embarrassment, John Marion, chairman of Sotheby's North America, who had been working the room all evening like a paramedic trying to revive an Egyptian mummy, hammered the work down, unsold, at $210,000. At which point a couple of ironists in the room had the indelicacy to clap...
...signs point to Bob Martinez as the White House choice to succeed William Bennett as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Two things make Martinez a natural for the job. One is his reputation as a hard-line antidrug warrior during his single term as Governor of Florida; the other is his connections at the White House...
...fund programs. Promising experiments like Miami's 17-month-old drug court, which has had success in keeping first-time drug offenders out of further trouble by forcing them to accept treatment, got no financial help from the state. Even the Governor's office finds it hard to point to progress in Florida's effort to curb drug...