Word: beneath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trouble is, every once in a while Pryor gets the urge to be humanitarian, to show that beneath his vulgar exterior lies a man aware of the seriousness of the subjects he is discussing. Much in the same manner that Don Rickles takes time out from his usual barrage of insults to remind us that we should all love each other regardless of race colour or creed. Pryor interrupts his routine a couple of times to say things like "Racism's an ugly thing. I hope someday they give it up." "This is all well and good...
...lying against the dead. A sergeant yanks off two unwounded soldiers who have managed to jump on and desperately grab the door. As we move forward heavily, as if drugged by the new weight, one of the gunners pushes off another stowaway. He sprawls on the ground a yard beneath us. The one interloper who did make it into the craft does not talk. He sits in the doorway, legs swinging in the rush of air, staring at the volcano, where the sun has set, leaving a ribbon of red across the sky. Nobody says anything on the way back...
...pinkish red tracers that hit the ground like sparklers. Even at 1,000 ft., the ground looks too close. The firing from the ground gets lighter and we come in low, blurring at treetop level for nearly half a mile. The blossom of a purple smoke grenade opens beneath us. Four figures run toward us carrying a man. Before the wounded and unconscious officer is even inside, we are taking off again. The soldier who brought the officer on board sits beside him and holds his hand during the ride back...
That evening, at a glittering dinner in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, Mitterrand warned his hosts that not all of his views would please them. "But you will understand," he said, standing beneath a Marc Chagall fresco depicting the Jews' return to Israel, "that a friend can only be your friend if he preserves his freedom of judgment and tells you what he thinks." The next day, in an address before the Knesset, Mitterrand spelled out publicly what he had told Begin privately: Israel must recognize the Palestinian demand for an independent state. "What I want to make...
...capital of the region, a dusty little town nestling beneath the Golan hills. For the next few weeks, Quneitra was to haunt every waking hour and probably my dreams (or nightmares) as well...