Word: aftermath
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POPE JOHN PAUL II, renowned world traveler, took a stroll in his own Italian backyard this weekend. The occasion: a papal mission to the bullet-riddled Sicilian city of Palermo. His visit came in the aftermath of one of the most outrageous acts of cold-blooded civic slaughter in recent memory. In a speech at the Piazza Palitearna, the Pope cautiously sympathized with Palermo's anguished citizens. "Facts of barbarous violence, which for too long a time have bloodied the strengths of this splendid city, offend human dignity...
...postponed his trip to the U.S. several times in order to remain by her side. The fact that he should travel abroad at all, knowing that Aliza's health was failing, was an indication of how seriously he wanted to mend relations with the U.S. in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon...
...members of the commission reminded Begin that the Phalangists had committed other massacres in the past. They also read from Cabinet minutes and other documents to show that the possibility of revenge killings by the militiamen in the aftermath of the assassination of President-elect Bashir Gemayel had been raised not only in Begin's presence but by the Prime Minister himself. He had, in fact, told U.S. Negotiator Morris Draper that the Israeli army had moved into West Beirut, in defiance of the agreement that had been negotiated for the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organization, "to prevent...
...decoration and camouflage of nervous subgroups: youth, blacks, homosexuals, minorities, pickpockets, small tribes using language as solidarity against the big tribes. Slang proclaims one's specialness and conceals one's secrets. Perhaps the slang of today seems a bit faded-because we still live in an aftermath of the '60s, the great revolt of the tribes. The special-interest slangs generated then were interminably publicized. Like the beads and the Afros and gestures and costumes and theatrical rages, slang became an ingredient of the national mixed-media pageant. Now, with more depressingly important things to do (earn...
Bankers contend that they are now in better shape than they were in the aftermath of the 1973-75 recession. That downturn cost the banks $10 billion in losses on loans to speculative real estate ventures that went bust. This time around, the banks were more cautious about land deals. Says Willard Butcher, chairman of Chase Manhattan: "We mightn't be the brightest guys in town, but we aren't dumb enough to do it twice...