Word: fought
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...addition to the Saudi aid to Syria, the essential elements of the deal Habib was trying to shape consisted of two basic parts. First, Lebanese army units would occupy Zahle and the strategic Sannin Ridge, several miles northwest of the city, so bitterly fought over by the Syrians and the Christian Phalangists. Initially, the Lebanese units would be under Syrian control, but in time command could shift to officers sympathetic to the Christians. Second, the Syrians would quietly remove their SA-6 missiles from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, possibly after a formal request from the Lebanese government. Israel...
...have grown easy with what they did for their country as young men; they won, and they are proud of it. The horrors that they saw-or performed-so long ago in other countries have been effaced by time, by the approval of history and of the nation they fought...
Lengthening the stroke and concentrating on power the Crimson fought back with power tens at both the 1300 and 1600 meter points and upped the cadence to a 39. Princeton however sprinted at the finish and crossed the line just two seats ahead of the Harvard shell in a race so close there was never a greater margin than three seats between...
...Israel off and on since 1948, spoke with a cross section of citizens - from mothers to officeworkers to university professors - to assess the national mood. "When I first came here as a correspondent for the United Press, life went on under continual shelling and sniping as Israelis and Jordanians fought over the city," says Levin. "Never has the country been so militarily powerful, and its people so economically well off. Still, the future is unsure...
...passengers rose to their feet-as did people all across the nation. In stores, restaurants and offices, conversations stopped, forks were put down, typewriters and business machines hushed. It was Israel's Memorial Day. In the silent vigil, Israelis remembered the dead of the five wars they have fought since the creation of the state...