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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Israel has repeatedly denied that maltreatment or torture is part of its official policy. But members of the diplomatic corps as well as of volunteer groups have witnessed numerous incidents of demonstrators being beaten during arrests. "I know torture happens," says Hugh Harcort, 48, an American professor of cultural studies at Bir Zeit University. "I don't know how you prove it, but if I see one of my students picked up by the Israelis and I see that he is injured when he is released, what am I supposed to think?" Amnesty International has asked Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: West Bank: The Cruelest Conflict | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...still on the waiting list for admission to the Law School, said he feels "frustrated to think that I might not get into a school because the school accepted an abundance of people who scored better than me because ETS fucked up. It's one thing to be beaten out of a fair game, but this is harder to take...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Facing the Test: Grad School as Statistical Uncertainty | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

...Redmen became the first team in history to win the tournament after having lost its opening contest. Holy Cross had beaten St. John's 5-3 on catcher Rick Allen's two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning in their contest last Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: St. John's Batsmen Win NCAA Northeast Regional | 5/31/1978 | See Source »

...definitely should have beaten them," Chaikovsky said last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Pair Loses in NCAA Doubles | 5/26/1978 | See Source »

...party's leadership. O'Neill jokingly described the arm twisting as "strictly an appeal to reason." Said Wright: "After they had already gone over the brink, we threw over a rope and pulled them back." The leaders changed a dozen votes, and the Fisher amendment was beaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Donnybrook over the Budget | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

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