Word: brutally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Welcome to the flyover follies, that breathless period when presidential campaigning is reduced to touchdowns, tarmacs and takeoffs. With more than 20 states holding primaries and caucuses during the next two weeks, the candidates are modern-day versions of Phileas Fogg, racing across the political landscape in a brutal battle to beat the clock. The only way to cope is to fly in, fly out, and pray that the local television cameras are there to record...
...George Shultz ever had any stomach for Middle East diplomacy, he has long since lost it. He has come to deplore the region's treacherous politics and brutal methods. In 1982 he was the chief architect of a peace plan that failed dismally, underscoring for him the futility of well-intentioned initiatives in a conflict poisoned by four decades of hatred and mistrust. In 1983 the death, of 241 U.S. servicemen in their bombed-out Beirut headquarters showed him the dangers of direct intervention. Returning from the region last October, Shultz seemed ready to wash his hands of the whole...
Eventually, the psychologists caution, the systematic use of violence could breed lack of discipline, poor motivation and ingrained brutality. Many warn that the soldiers will transfer some of their aggressive behavior in the occupied territories to civilian life back home. One senior psychologist says , he already sees symptoms of two contradictory reactions among the soldiers. At one extreme, he says, are those who are "psychically numb," insensitive and undiscriminating in the use of violence. They view beatings and bullets as the primary solutions to problems they face, and are willing to apply those remedies widely. At the other...
Nizan, a 20-year-old in the Golani brigade, finds the beatings policy too weak. "I would have liked to behave in a more brutal way toward them and to really stick it to them," he said. "I'm sure if we pressed them to the wall, people here would start to understand we are the ones who run the show." Shmuel, a self-declared "rightist" who emigrated from France in 1984, agreed: "Three weeks ago, when we used the easy hand on them, it didn't work. The only thing they understand is the strong hand. I thought...
Working on their third center and third right guard, the Broncos have a casualty list that ranges from the brutal to the baroque. During the Cleveland game, surgical pins started oozing out of Strong Safety Dennis Smith's broken hand; he kept playing. On top of that, consider the fact that three defensive stalwarts -- Cornerback Louis Wright, Linebacker Tom Jackson and Safety Steve Foley -- retired after last year. Nobody can say how the defense was able to repeat, but everyone knows venerable Assistant Coach Joe Collier had much to do with...