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Word: berserked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Burundi is a land of luxuriant beauty and berserk violence, torn apart by one of those tribal conflicts that are so elusive to an outsider's understanding. Determined to uphold a centuries-old feudal hegemony over 3,000,000 Hutu tribesmen, the well-armed Tutsi overlords, who number no more than 600,000, unleashed a violent pogrom last year. At least 80,000-and perhaps as many as 250,000-Hutus were killed. In May this year the slaughter revived in the southeastern part of the landlocked hill country (area: 10,747 sq. mi., smaller than Belgium). The latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CENTRAL AFRICA: Bloodbath in Burundi | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

...your mind?" he snapped at his friend. "Has your sense of humor gone berserk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Payola Rock | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

...unnecessary, but the best shots in the film depend on it. A long track around the living room, accompanied by Porter's "You Do Something to Me" sums up the mood of Act Two, and these final scenes conclude with a chattering montage, as all the automata go berserk...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: Crime to a Bittersweet Tune | 2/9/1973 | See Source »

...Frazier not just in size but in strength as well. Joe charged right in as the fight got under way and scored with a couple of jabs and a hook. But that was about all he would get in, as Foreman unleashed his big guns. The Garden crowd went berserk...

Author: By Williame Stedman, | Title: Top Billing | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...humor," growled Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. Three months ago an English-language lampoon called Lillit, published by Hebrew University students, suddenly lost both circulation and government financial support. The magazine had carried the comic-strip adventures of a muscular "SuperGolda"; her principal adversary was a Tel Aviv intellectual driven berserk by police corruption, religious fanaticism, militarism, pollution, inflation and social inequality. Israel's state-run television network last January introduced a show called Not Everything Is Overlooked, which mixed music and political satire. After seeing the show, Golda Meir announced in stern Victorian tones: "I am not amused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Crackdown on Critics | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

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