Word: crowdedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The intricate political maneuvering went on against a backdrop of desolation and fear. The residents of West Beirut were constantly reminded that the Israe lis were at their gates, that the time for a settlement was running out. Thousands fled to the safety of East Beirut and the countryside. Refugees...
An hour after the finish, still in the infield. One of the guess passes out on top of the car Exhausted, sunburned, hungry, wondering about what it had been like to be sober. The guy on the roof looks even worse than everyone else. The car is too crowded, so...
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon crowded the carefully staged media events of the tour for headline space and TV time on two continents. Indeed, the fighting conflicted with the image of mastery of foreign policy that Reagan was trying to convey: the U.S. seemed impotent to restrain a close ally...
Throughout the day, Reagan was at his informal best. At the Elysée lunch, he told the old joke about a lawyer and a Pope who arrived simultaneously at the gates of heaven. St. Peter admitted the lawyer immediately, explaining to the waiting Pontiff that the attorney got special...
"Gerry has learned to be mean inside," says Valle, who taught him and had to teach him, since Cooney did not always care for the sight or smell of blood. "Savageness means a lot in the ring. Then, outside it, gentleness means almost as much. If the crowded senses gentleness...