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...elsewhere in the West Bank in late March, the Palestinians had nearly a week to organize a defense--on their own turf, on their own terms. The slope of the camp favored their position at the crest. And their bombmakers expertly set about the delicate task of making every alley and building a lethal conquest for the Israeli attackers...
...Infantry Brigade began moving forward again, peering through night-vision goggles as they searched for a house to use as a lookout. The first one they chose proved inadequate, but a second, about 30 yards away, seemed better situated. The soldiers walked into a 3-foot-wide alley next to the house, searching for an entrance. They paused while an officer, Major Oded Golomb, walked ahead to set charges to blow the door open...
Making excellent time, no doubt due to Cappy’s NASCAR-like driving style, the tour passes though Davis Square on its way to a bowling venue called “The Alley,” located on a small side street where he used to drink in high school. We also pass a Dunkin’ Donuts, where Cappy and his friends used to clandestinely climb onto the roof for a little rooftop boozing. But the times, they are a-changin’: Cappy says the last time he tried to visit the roof he was chased away...
Miss Harvard should carry herself with poise and confidence. During the pageant itself I found my greatest test. Prior to the talent competition, I stood outside Leverett Dining Hall in a dimly lit alley waiting for the stage door to open. Three local youths—two women and a guy—approached me with their bloodshot eyes and the stench of alcohol on their breath. The male pressed me to take off my wig. He wanted to run on stage, he explained, and shout expletives at the “faggots” in drag. I told...
...presence of the monster stimulates a simultaneous display of both the best and the worst humanity has to offer. On the side of brutality are the thugs who beat up the monster in a back alley, and on the side of greed, there is the government researcher who tortures the monster in a mad quest for grant money. Representing the more noble aspect of humanity, there is of course Beatrice, as well as Dr. Arto, a physicist and musician bedazzled by the rhythms of the universe and endowed with the power to destroy the monster. (You’ve seen...