Word: felted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Taylor said the University wouldn't carry out that action. Taylor did say that, "In terms of being activists on the University side, I make it clear that [supervisors] do not have to do so. I hope they will, but it is their choice." But some supervisors said they felt pressured not to speak out against the University's stand...
...when Ball turned 40 in 1951, she still had not made a lasting mark on the entertainment industry, despite her 75 movie roles until that time. It was with the debut of I Love Lucy in October 1951 that Ball's pioneering impact was felt--behind the screen as well...
...really surprised; almost overwhelmed. With all the applause I felt like I'd won a beauty contest," Durham said...
Yitzhak, 20, a conscript serving in the Israeli army's elite Givati brigade, has been stationed in the occupied Gaza Strip for nearly seven weeks. Late one night, he recalls, his patrol was directed to "make our presence felt" in a refugee camp by entering houses, dragging all the male occupants outside and beating them severely. "The men screamed in pain," said Yitzhak of the victims. Some soldiers, repelled by their mission, maneuvered to act as cover outside the houses. "No one refused the orders," Yitzhak is quick to point out. But when the mission was over, arguments and even...
...moment, most soldiers are coping relatively well. "If you don't behave as strong as a conqueror, you can't survive there," says a 23-year-old stationed in the West Bank. "You have to cut out thinking, be strong and do nasty things." To those troops who felt humiliated at having to stand by helplessly while Arabs taunted them, the beatings policy has served as a welcome antidote. Army casualties in the occupied territories have been light, but Palestinian guerrillas from Lebanon, attempting to capitalize on the uprising, killed two Israeli soldiers while seeking to attack Jewish settlements...