Word: hit-and-run
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...accidental" jostle and a subsequent "Why, you're the last person I expected to see!" Someone finally falls for this deception--Thomas E. Bates(Denholm Eihott) a harried middle-aged writer of mass-produced inspirational verse. His daughter Patricia(Suzanna Hamilton)has been severely brain damaged by a hit-and-run accident four years previously, and is now taken care of by her mother(Joan Plowright). Pretending to be an old friend of Patricia's named Martic Taylor, the young man gradually insinuates himself into the Bates weary household through an artful combination of flattery and false innocuousness...
...before the latest cease-fire took effect, 20 to 30 shells a minute were raining down on West Beirut and its suburbs. From dawn to dusk Israeli gunboats and hilltop artillery traded fire with Palestinian fighters perched on trucks mounted with Katyusha rocket launchers. The P.L.O.'s hit-and-run tactics proved more effective than in previous skirmishes. According to P.L.O. officials, some 25 Israeli vehicles were destroyed by P.L.O. rockets. The Presidential Palace in Baabda and the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Yarze were also damaged...
Hostility to the Angels exemplifies another, more general, problem liberals must confront--the unwillingess to let people solve their problems by themselves. Hit-and-run reformers with "we know what's good for you" attitudes will never provide the lasting solutions to problems that community-based efforts can achieve: Citizens' groups made up of ordinary neighborhood residents can establish a pattern of lawfulness in a community, one that an externally imposed "solution" would find difficult to match...
...Fighting 40-to-50-m.p.h. winds that whipped the frigid seas into 40-ft. waves-momentarily leaving the propellers of the lighter frigates spinning in mid-air-the British task force had begun an effort to choke off supplies to the occupiers, while Royal Marine commandos prepared for hit-and-run raids to demoralize the Argentine troops. There were unconfirmed reports that British commando units were already ashore in the archipelago, gathering intelligence and possibly preparing for a full-scale British invasion. The Argentine occupying force on the islands, according to Argentina's military governor of the Falklands, General...
...Donnie's been hitting the ball real well, and that helps me out," says Farrell, who should continue to see plenty of pitches to hit. "I like having Vinnie hit in front of me, too, because he gets on base a lot and we can work the hit-and-run...