Word: daylights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...daylight spread across the urban battlefield, the fires died down over West Beirut, but huge columns of smoke in amazingly varied tints of white, gray and black roiled sky ward. The shelling continued, moving forward into West Beirut just ahead of the advancing Israeli troops...
...they sit in one of the frequent periods of meditation that separate portions of prayer. They end in song: "We go on waiting/ Knowing you have come." In 30 minutes dawn has waxed to daylight through the windows above their heads...
...about much else. Assaultive language masquerading as sidewalk compliments can remind any woman of her vulnerability. Rape is still a waking nightmare, but at least a little daylight has been let in. The physical wounding and emotional trauma are now discussed openly. America is being educated; more stringent laws and penalties are now in effect and reflect a greater understanding of the crime. But feminism, in its widest application, is still a home-front revolution, and it is in the apartment, the tract house and the split-level that its greatest impact has been felt...
...first in the series of assaults at the park occurred March 15 when a 28-year-old Jamaica Plain resident was jumped and repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight near the Walter and Bussey St. entrance to the Arboretum...
...securely, a safe issue. But Still in Saigon does not play it safe in the writing or in Daniels' slightly rowdy, defiant delivery. This is a war memorial of present and continued agony, about flashbacks that never stop and bad dreams that do not end with daylight: "Every summer when it rains/ I smell the jungle/ I hear the planes/ I can't tell no one/ I feel ashamed/ Afraid some day/ I'll go insane ..." It shows that popular music can still express strong and complex feelings, not mere sentiment. The true rock spirit...