Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Angry words flew back and forth, particularly between the U.S. and Israel. Begin accused the U.S. of adopting a "one-sided attitude," and his press secretary, Dan Pattir, protested that Washington was using "direct, brutal pressure" on Israel. Warned Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan: "If peace negotiations aren't renewed soon ... we will have to start everything from the beginning." In Jerusalem, placard-carrying Israelis staged anti-American demonstrations...
Despite Engelhard's hollow words about his concern for the "dignity of man" and "improved living conditions," the conditions in his mines were nearly as brutal as those of any other South African mine. Actions speak louder than words. Never by word nor deed did Engelhard condemn the migrant labor system which he enforced and from which he profited. He never once demanded an end to political repression. Engelhard may have been a philanthropist at home, but throwing money about does not absolve him of responsibility for the inhumane methods in which he earned that wealth. He may have contributed...
...Prime Minister is as much in the interests of South Africa as anything I can think of or suggest" (see First, also Secheba, February 1969). Despite Engelhard's hollow words about his concern for the "dignity of man" and "improved skills and living conditions," his mines were just as brutal and inhumane as any other South African mine. Actions speak louder than words. Never by word or by deed did Engelhard condemn the migrant labor system which he enforced and from which he profited. He never once demanded an end to political repression. He never once called for black majority...
...artifices of a trade that is almost dead; a poacher takes Crews alligator hunting in the Florida swamps. And now in A Childhood, we have an account which blends the best of the columns and the best of the novels with the life that produced Crews' brutal imagination...
...Hildy did a heck of a job and pulled us together when we needed it down the stretch," said Kleinfelder, who has her work cut out for her with a brutal Division I slate and raw recruits who need college finesse...