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...secure existence of the state of Israel that we must join the over 400,000 Israelis--both Jews and Arabs--who joined the Israeli Peace Now movement (a movement led by Israeli army reserve officers) in expressing their revulsion, as loyal Israelis, to their government's role in the brutal Phalangist massacre of Palestinian civilians at the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps in Beirut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oppose Begin, Not Israel | 10/19/1982 | See Source »

...leave few clues but the twisted ingenuity to invent a new form of murder. Even after he is caught and convicted, if he ever is, the terror that he inspired is likely to live on, and with altogether too good reason. There have been mass murders that were more brutal and claimed more victims. But there have been few if any so exquisitely attuned to the anonymity and impersonality of modern urban and suburban life. Paranoia is supposed to be an irrational fear, but who can now say that it is silly to dread that innocent bottle of capsules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder by Remote Control | 10/18/1982 | See Source »

Last month, class representatives of '85 and '86 faced each other over wooden bats to make almost 115 years, on and off, of "brutal" freshman-sophomore cane combat...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Undergraduates Continue Cane-Fighting Tradition | 10/16/1982 | See Source »

...finally, there was the wit that put it all in perspective. Weaver had an uncanny ability to uncork a brutal one-liner that could knock baseball a little bit down from its high horse. "The only guy that didn't make a mistake," he once remarked to some second-guessers, "they crucified." His ability to laugh at himself and his sport was almost unrivalled in the self-important athletic world...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: The Earl of Baltimore | 10/6/1982 | See Source »

...always carries a pistol, a knife and a hand grenade on his belt, Hobeika was the most feared Phalangist in Lebanon. He had taken part in the Tel Zaatar massacre and in attacks on the rivals of Bashir Gemayel. The Israelis knew Hobeika and his followers as ruthless, brutal security men, and knew they did not constitute a disciplined military force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crisis of Conscience | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

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