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Word: alleyway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alleyway below the house, the Marines tried frantically to save the injured. Working in a pool of light cast by a Lebanese boy's flashlight, they applied dressings in a vain attempt to stanch the flow of blood from a stomach wound. When the man died, they moved quickly to help in treating the other casualties. "They kept encouraging a Marine who was wounded in the leg," recalled the boy, Nizar Nassib Kady, 16, whose family lived in the two-story residence underneath the Marine position. "They kept saying to him, 'Don't give up hope.' They were nervous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dug In and Taking Losses | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

...ordeal of Shatila was over. The camps now were quiet, except for the mourning of those who had discovered the bodies of their relatives among the dead. The first Lebanese Army soldiers, handkerchiefs over their mouths, entered Shatila to see what had gone on. One soldier looked up an alleyway where many bodies lay and ran back, vomiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: God - Oh, My God! | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

Long-shot #3; Brattle--People are coming out of the Brattle, walking up an alleyway next to a cafe. The three pedestrians seen earlier are talking about Dean. They can barely believe how bad the movie was. The pedestrian in the black coat says he's glad he saw it: "Sort of a relic thing." The jet, previously seen, is now some 600 miles out to sea, heading presumably for Europe. A passenger looking down now would see nothing but black water in the moonlight...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Two American Actors | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

There is only one office at Harvard where the phones never ring. It's not easy to find. Follow a narrow alleyway off Mt. Auburn St.--between Tech Hifi and Claverly Hall-and turn right, towards a tiny, ivy-covered, square brick building. Walk up a few steps and in through the front door, and there it is: a small room with low ceilings, fluorescent lights, wall-to-wall carpeting, a few plants, and eight or nine desks...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: Behind the Lines: | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

...passed your suggestion along to coach Frank McLaughlin and he said he will let you know. He is sifting through offers from a church in Brookline, a playground in Jamaica Plain and an alleyway in Charlestown, but he has your address and he will be around to inspect the site...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: From the Mailbag | 9/30/1981 | See Source »

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