Word: banke
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...other thing, dramatically, that affects the music: Dillinger was from the old school, and he came up against organized crime, which made more money on the numbers racket in a minute than they could have made on a great score on a bank. So there was a collision there between Dillinger and the type of criminals that didn't want to be really noticed as they were raking in the money. That affects the music as well - organized versus off-kilter...
Instead of working to improve living conditions in Gaza, Hamas has used its governing power to launch innumerable terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and to start a civil war in the West Bank and Gaza to try to vanquish its arch-rival, Fatah. Gaza’s ruling party has been responsible for horrifying atrocities in Israel, including exploding buses and attacks on shopping malls and peaceful religious gatherings. Hamas has been steadfast in its refusal to consider recognizing Israel’s right to exist and has no plans to pursue peace talks with Israel for the good...
...Israel's long list of banned items. So is window glass, which is more awkward to carry through a tunnel, so don't be surprised if you open the curtains and find the window starred by a bullet hole. (Watch TIME's video "Protesting Gaza, Carefully, in the West Bank...
Inculcating respect for an occupying force is, of course, a difficult task under any circumstances. In the case of the Palestinians, history and society have made hatred for Israel almost an instinct. Still, there was shock in June among Palestinians when members of a West Bank family were accused of hanging a boy for suspected collaboration with Israeli forces...
...scarce resources into weapons programs. Food shortages returned last year, while aid and investment from neighbors such as South Korea and Japan have dwindled. How bad the situation may be is hard to assess since North Korea doesn't reveal significant economic data. Estimates from South Korea's central bank, released on Monday, suggest that North Korea's gross domestic product recovered in 2008 after two years of contraction, with 3.7% growth. The bank attributed the increase to "one-off factors," such as an improved harvest. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...