Word: colonel
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...seriously, when the police strafed demonstrators protesting the arrests of 160 Islamic extremists. Outside a nearby hospital, angry Palestinians screamed, "Arafat, traitor," and "Arafat, killer" as two police cars and a movie theater were set on fire. "All the accusations are pointed at Arafat, not the major or colonel who gave the orders," says Hamad, noting that the PLO leader's ties to Israel makes it irrelevant to his foes whether he directly ordered shootings. Police apparently fired on the crowd of 6,000 demonstrators -- mostHamassupporters -- when one officer was hit by a stone.TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Lisa Beyersays Israelis...
...costumes, by Bill Winborn, who is a Crimson arts editor, also deserve recognition. Jimmy describes Alison's father Colonel Redfern as "one of those sturdy old plants left over from the Edwardian wilderness that can't understand why the sun isn't shining anymore." When Slaughter strides on stage in Redfern's proper Burberry-ish getup, we see that Jimmy could't be more accurate. And Redfern's grab, impeccable down to the polished black shoes, makes Alison, Jimmy, and Cliff's miserable fallen hems and moth-holes all the more noticeable...
...fruit attack never came, but in his bid to unseat Charles Robb as the state's junior U.S. Senator, the retired Marine colonel and damp-eyed star of the Iran-contra hearings has been doing a lot of ducking and counterattacking in a campaign that has turned Virginia's political season into a freak show. The race reached new levels of notoriety last week when Nancy Reagan, during a public appearance in New York City, blasted North's veracity. "Ollie North has a great deal of trouble separating fact from fantasy. He lied to my husband...
...whom he characterized as "not my Commander-in-Chief" -- for weakening the American military to the point of being unable to stop Saddam Hussein in Kuwait. Though North later claimed he had been misinterpreted, Vice President Al Gore lost no time in striking back at the former Iran-contra colonel, condemning his remarks as "despicable" and "unpatriotic." To which, in turn, Senate Republican leader Bob Dole felt compelled to retort,"Cheap shot...
James Baker is latest G.O.P. hopeful to kiss the colonel's ring...