Word: abysses
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...terrorists "Hitler's children." Others fear that their violence will coax fascism up from the rubble where it was buried 30 years ago. After the dramatic German rescue of hijacked Lufthansa passengers at Mogadishu two months ago, a Dutch diplomat's mind wandered back uneasily to the abyss: "You can't help getting the shivers at the precision with which the rescue operation was carried out. It was German military skill at work again...
...centerpiece of the site is the ruined temple of Mut, surrounded on three sides by a horseshoe-shaped lake called Isheru. The lake is symbolic of the watery abyss in which-according to Theban legend-all life that is to be found on earth originated...
...constant attack from the rising tax rate, the rising crime rate, the overcrowded schools, and the overall unwillingness of the state or federal government to provide real relief. As a result, they lost confidence in all levels of government including the courts. Meanwhile Boston continued to slide toward the abyss...
Wooden coasters feature careful pacing (a moment's hesitation at the top so that riders can stare into the abyss) and a studied mix of hills large and small, curves wrenching and free-floating...
...Epstein as his sister Maria. With the gradual opening of his clenched fists and the slow crumbling of his waxen face, Mariani marks each stage in the deterioration of a man who loses everything--from the reforms he sponsored to the women he loved--and now stands "before the abyss." Mariani's concentrated physical control is so complete that, in the last scene his entire body writhes in its inexorable struggle with death...