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...fired, schools are closed when students voice their discontent and the homes of Arabs believed to be friendly toward the PLO are torn to the ground. Many Jews recognize these injustices. So Israeli society is becoming divided between those whose anti-Arab paranoia demands rule with an iron fist and those who fear morality is being compromised...
...described by those who knew him as an ultrastrict disciplinarian with an explosive temper that often boiled over into physical violence. He doled out severe beatings to his children for the most minor infractions; his Puerto Rican-born wife Maria stood by helplessly during her husband's fist-wielding tirades and sometimes suffered violence herself. Said a friend of the family's after the killing: "What those children did ... it made terrible sense...
...after breaking Jean Stafford's nose in an automobile accident, Lowell, 23, married her. Then during a squabble, he broke her nose again, with his fist. For a while the strange marriage worked. She wrote her bestseller Boston Adventure. He converted from Episcopalianism to Roman Catholicism and labored at his poetry as if salvation depended on it. At 29 he published his first book of poems, entitled Lord Weary's Castle, a quirky, indelible mix of Boston locales and Old Testament theology. A Pulitzer Prize followed...
...Prime Minister of Israel was in a rage. Standing before the Israeli parliament, his back erect, Menachem Begin lifted his right arm into the air and repeatedly pounded his fist on a table for emphasis. "For you, Mr. President," he declared, addressing his remarks to an American President 6,000 miles away, "this is a political matter. You need to get closer to Saudi Arabia. Maybe you need to shake hands with King Hussein [of Jordan] after he was on no-speaking terms with your predecessor, Mr. Carter." Then, drawing himself even straighter, the Prime Minister shouted...
...Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) are vivid and believable. You may think you're too sophisticated for an underdog-gets-crewcut-and-makes-good saga, but wait until Mayo is face down in the mud, "doin' 50" for that bastard Sergeant Foley. You'll suddenly find you own tightly clenched fist pounding the arm rest with every rep. "Yes SIR! I'd LIKE to do some more push...