Word: fixer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beirut, majoring in engineering, and by the late 1960s had joined the inner circle of Arafat's al-Fatah organization. Besides his activities in behalf of Black September, he was in charge of Fatah's overall security; in recent years he was also known as a skilled fixer with contacts ranging from European radical groups to Western embassies. To Arafat he was an "adopted son." The P.L.O. leader was one of the pallbearers at Hassan's funeral in Beirut, which was attended by 50,000 Palestinians. "Stand proud," shouted a grieving Arafat. "We bury a martyr...
...Harvard 38-13 Brown 30-20 Cornell 27-14 Yale 23-6 18-18 (.500) Bill Scheft Harvard 28-7 Brown 35-33 Cornell 5-4 Yale 31-14 12-24 (.333) Pat Sorrento Harvard 27-17 Brown 17-10 Cornell 20-13 Yale 30-10 Guest Selector The Fixer...
Film--"The Fixer," based on the Malamud novel. McAfee Hall...
...great fixer; whatever's broken I can fix it," said Jonathan. He led me to a row of long shelves where trucks, dolls and other toys lay piled up against each other. "I have that big Mack truck. Let me fix this; Lawrence wants it fixed...
...Home provided a welcome shelter from the abuse and neglect of his natural parents who had scarred his early childhood. No wonder he wishes to be a "great fixer;" he spent his second year of life hospitalized for surgery, abandoned by his mother, and was later beaten and burned by his father. This sort of experience is common to many of the children there...