Word: brothers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beaten less frequently. He goes on a seven-day hunger strike when they suddenly ban the radio and the occasional copies of the International Herald Tribune. He does not know it, but the news blackout is imposed so he will not learn of the deaths of his father and brother back in the U.S. He does find out, however, that since his kidnaping his second daughter, Sulome, has been born...
...original motivation was to avenge the mistreatment of Shi'ites in Lebanon and to vent his hatred of the U.S. and Israel. But U.S. sources say he has become obsessed with trying to secure the freedom of his brother-in-law Mustafa Badreddin and 16 other Shi'ites jailed in Kuwait after a 1983 bombing blitz. Mughniyah launched his subsequent kidnaping and hijacking spree to spring the 17 in a prisoners-for-hostages swap. Among his victims: William Buckley, the CIA station chief, who died in captivity...
...occurs amongst individuals of a particular ethnic group as an enunciation of particular means of communication. For example, those who do not know the degree of respect given to elders and the responsibilities of older persons toward their juniors in Confucian cultures will not understand that "adopting a little brother" is an expression of cultural heritage, and not an example of social self-segregation...
Anchoring the defense will be Michael Murphy, Andy Barnard, Peter Long and former midfielder Chris Bentley. Three freshmen--David Murphy (Michael's brother), Michael Kramer (David's brother) and Peter Welch--will also get a lot of playing time on this inexperienced unit...
...Brother, can you spare about 15,000 dimes...