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...there is no doubt that the warhead exploded." In addition, Aérospatiale claims that as of July 10, Exocets had been used successfully against 112 ships in the Persian Gulf, a statistic that has not been independently confirmed. Of 103 cases examined, the ad stated, "57 ships either sank, ran aground or were towed home for scrapping; damage to the other 46 was variable . .. Only one case of non-explosion was recorded...
...tide in the rough waters of the North Sea, it looked like a dead whale floating on its belly. But the Mont Louis, a 4,210-ton French container ship that sank on Aug. 25 after colliding with a German passenger ferry eleven miles from the Belgian coast, was very much alive with frenzied activity. Three tugboats buzzed noisily around it, while black dinghies delivered wet-suited divers. The focus of their labors: 360 tons of uranium hexafluoride, raw material from which nuclear fuel is made and which is not a severe radiation danger. Three barrels, however, contained uranium that...
...around as "Bo's boo-boo." And for a while it did appear that Bolero, the latest eyebrow-raiser starring the original 10, Bo Derek, 27, and directed by Husband John Derek, 58, might never be released. The reason: Israeli Executive Producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who sank $7 million into the film, and MGM/UA, the studio set to distribute it, found the story of Bo's fling with a seemingly impotent Spanish bullfighter overstacked with single entendres. The Dereks were asked to cut some of the steamier scenes in order to avoid an X rating...
...Jones stood at 776.92. The Dow went upward for ten months, until the middle of 1983, and forecasters confidently predicted it would reach 1400 or 1500. Instead, it then began drifting sideways. This year, while many money managers expected the market to pick up steam again, it sank instead. The price of an average share of stock on the New York Stock Exchange has fallen 25% this year...
...from the fencers. "The players always assume their roles," explained Robert Blum, a New York lawyer who fenced on two Olympic teams. "As with all sports, fencing is a mode of communication. The fencers are telling us something about themselves." As Mathias Gey of West Germany was eliminated, he sank to his knees, crouched in defeat, while above him Stefano Cerioni of Italy leaped, fist in air, bellowing in triumph...