Word: fiercer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Offensive. There were skirmishes between the Palestinians and the Christian Phalangists going back to 1969. Eventually the encircled Palestinians began stockpiling arms, food, medicine, ammunition. At the same time, they built underground shelters that were to prove the backbone of resistance. On June 22, as the civil war grew fiercer, the Christian rightists launched a major offensive against Tel Zaatar and its sister camp, Jisr Basha, which fell a week later...
...eight-month campaign, Ronald Reagan was very much the way he was at the beginning: the reluctant politician whose words were fiercer than his manner. Win or lose, his candidacy has been extraordinary. He was seen by many as shallow and simplistic and even dangerous. All but a handful of Senators and Congressmen shunned him. He was opposed by nearly every state organization. He had practically no editorial support...
...wave of mounting despair swept across Lebanon through most of last week, as the conflict between left-wing Moslem and right-wing Christian factions exploded into yet another round of fighting. The strife that had intermittently rocked the country since April was spreading. The street battles were fiercer than ever, and the government seemed unable to halt them. Reflecting the grim mood was Radio Lebanon Announcer Sharif Akhawi, who said on the air: "Armed men are everywhere. All roads are closed. Blood maniacs are at large. We are losing Lebanon...
...arisen in recent years a belief as startling as anything cult-filled California has to offer. The unlikely focus of the new faith is Bernard Gill, for 13 years a respected clergyman in the Church of the Nazarene. Fed up with "promotion, programs, plans," he searched for a fiercer, purer form of Fundamentalism. Seven years ago, at 43, he quit the Nazarenes and with a handful of parishioners established the independent Colonial Village Church...
...hierarchy has accused the government of harassment. Church schools have been taxed, foreign-born priests arrested and convents ransacked. Despite Marcos' periodic claims that his army has crushed the rebellion in the south, where Moslem insurgents are struggling to establish an independent state, the fighting has actually grown fiercer...