Word: bir
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...group from L.A. While DJ Cheapshot of SOB (an unfortunate self-inflicted acronym) laid down some tight beats, the audience seemed to be waiting for more radio-friendly action. Which is not to say that Styles of Beyond is that far from national exposure--MCs Ryu and Tak Bir's smooth rapping styles foretell a possible MTV explosion some time in the future. "Spies Like Us" was a standout song; at times the other songs blurred into each other for lack of decipherable choruses. Still, SOB displayed formidable rhyming skills and a bit of stage presence as well...
...considered the digging a provocative incursion into their terrain, but in truth, it was only the match thrown into the tinderbox of accumulated Palestinian fury. For months, Israeli and Palestinian intelligence officials had warned of an impending explosion in the territories. In August, Ali Jirbawi, a political scientist at Bir-Zeit University in the West Bank, said, "Scratch the surface, and you find a state of anger." Palestinians were in despair over the paralysis in the peace process brought on by the election in May of Israel's hard-line Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Still, the ferocity of the convulsion...
Natasha D. Bir '96, who introduced the discussion on behalf of E4A, said she saw it as "the beginning of a progressive union among students [to end] academic violence," the neglect of significant areas of study which leads to "seen and physical" acts of violence...
...village of Rafat in the West Bank, on suspicion of his involvement in armed attacks by the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas. A year later, Palestinian guerrillas for the first time resorted to suicide attacks in the fight against Israel. An electrical-engineering graduate of the West Bank's Bir Zeit University, Ayyash allegedly built the device used in the initial blast, at a West Bank diner popular with Israeli soldiers. For the next three years, the tactic was used repeatedly, causing the deaths of 77 victims and the wounding of more than 300 others. Israeli authorities believe Ayyash personally...
...think it is a good idea to invite facultyand students," said Natasha Bir '96. "It helps toestablish a well rounded community. You feel thatit is more inclusive...