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Word: shipments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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Certainly the troops will be reading the book. According to Laurie Mylroie, one of the authors, a shipment of books is already en route to the Gulf. It will brighten their holidays, I'm sure...

Author: By Beth L. Pinkster, | Title: Saddam Casts a Winter Chill | 12/13/1990 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Syria Siding with the U.S. Sheriff | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

Henderson said that it is unlikely the South African Government would interfere with the shipment of books because Cash is working through the South African Harvard Business Club, and not the universities themselves...

Author: By David J. Lepley, | Title: African Students Group Launches a Book Drive | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...deployment of additional troops to the gulf will take about two months, and will involve the shipment of a large amount of military equipment, including a wide variety of the Pentagon's most sophisticated weaponry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Gulf Escalation Will Take 2 Months | 11/10/1990 | See Source »

...once came to the conclusion that other cities were sending us the rich people they wanted to get rid of ("Listen, if Frank down at the bank doesn't quit talking about how much his Jaguar costs, we're just going to have to put him in the next shipment to New York"). Some of the weird-looking people and some of the rich people are the same people. Why would a rich person want to look weird? As we New Yorkers like to say, Go know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes New Yorkers Tick | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

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