Word: bloodbath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consistency of dress, he should have fixed more clearly in his mind whether to attack the play as a comedy or a tragedy. As it is, the laughter which the ribald jokes and musical accompaniment seek to draw from the audience only rankles in the play's final bloodbath...
...other issue in the Brooks fiasco--the questions raised by death by injection--itself will surely prove the starting point for a long debate. One problem is that the method has simply not been adequately tested. Thought to be quick and painless, the injection technique could also cause a bloodbath. As one doctor explained: "Sometimes it's tough as hell to find a vein. If you miss, the pain can be excruciating. And besides, even if you do get the vein, no one is really sure the convict doesn't suffer for a few minutes while the drug is being...
...bloodbath in the Palestinian camps: "Butchery the mind cannot comprehend...
...American Jewish community too the bloodbath could have far-reaching effects. Reagan's proposals initially won sympathy from a few leaders, but that soon seemed to wane. Some 300 wealthy contributors to Israel did give polite applause to Secretary of State George Shultz, the chief architect of the plan, when he addressed a meeting of the United Jewish Appeal last week in Manhattan. But the same audience two nights later gave a much warmer reception to an attack on the plan by Shultz's predecessor...
...executioners away from their victims? Or had they simply been careless about giving the bloodthirsty militiamen a chance to run amuck? Whatever the answer, the government of Menachem Begin had a lot of explaining to do. It may eventually have a lot to regret too, for the Beirut bloodbath could very well provide powerful impetus to the Palestinian drive for a homeland...