Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...exasperated judge. What pushed Nichol over was Kurd's refusal to allow the case to be decided by only 11 jurors after the twelfth became ill. "I'm rather ashamed that the Government was not represented better in this case," said Nichol in the course of an hour-long denunciation of the prosecution...
...Airport. After the hostages boarded the Boeing, Furuya was handed over to the terrorists. Then, as a flight crew boarded the aircraft, the hostages one by one disembarked. Surrounded by hundreds of troops and armored vehicles, the plane lifted off the runway, carrying enough fuel for an 8½-hour flight...
...arrival in Damascus, the airliner circled overhead for more than an hour while Syrian leaders discussed French and Dutch requests that the plane be allowed to land. Permission was finally granted for "human reasons," and the plane taxied to an isolated part of the airfield. After an hour of negotiations, the terrorists disembarked to be taken to an undisclosed location...
...stomach. Other reporters, including Lynne Olson of the Associated Press and Michael Parks of the Baltimore Sun, got similar treatment when they came to Wren's aid. While all this was going on, uniformed militiamen and KGB (secret police) agents stood by or took pictures. When the hour-long fracas was over, some "volunteers" were observed changing into militia uniforms at a nearby police station...
...becoming less skittish about dealing with "adult" subjects. But what about audiences? The question was raised most recently by Born Innocent, a made-for-TV movie that NBC telecast in the new season's first week. A chilling exposition of life in a juvenile detention home, the two-hour-long show featured a powerful performance by Actress Linda Blair, playing a nubile 14-year-old girl who is destroyed by an inhumane system. It was harsh, realistic drama, and the climax was as raw as anything yet seen on network TV-a scene in a shower, where Linda...