Word: weather
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Amid the 16-ft. seas and gale-force winds that had pounded the island all day, Bush and his party returned to the Belknap Saturday afternoon, their launch rolling so heavily that it had to make several passes before it connected successfully with the American warship. Eventually the weather forced cancellation of the afternoon session and the joint dinner planned for that night. Bush was left stranded on the Belknap, looking helplessly over the short distance of rough water that separated him from Gorbachev, the man he had traveled thousands of miles...
...beginning of this year, though, Herscu found himself in serious trouble. Hit by rising interest rates in Australia and declining retail sales in the U.S., the 61-year-old empire builder did not have enough cash to weather the slowdown. By August, Hooker's U.S. subsidiary filed for bankruptcy, and Herscu resigned as chief executive...
...Malta press implied that the older Belknap was a bit of a clunker compared with their cruiser Slava. An American gob, eyeing the Slava's conical superstructure, sniffed, "It makes a good target." But that was about as hostile an environment as could be found until the weather struck, an adversity that may actually have encouraged deeper thought...
...joint news conference in Malta was held aboard the Soviet luxury liner Maxim Gorky, which was pressed into service as the site for the two days of talks after bad weather forced cancellation of plans to use U.S. and Soviet warships anchored offshore. An afternoon session and a dinner on Saturday were cancelled because of the rough weather...
...Jaspers, may still have some adjusting todo to cold weather after playing in the Sun andFun Classic hosted by Florida International, whereManhattan won two of three games. A 69-54 loss tothe host team was sandwiched between wins overAmerican University and Youngs-town State. LastWednesday night, the Jaspers topped Columbia...