Word: hurl
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Arab drivers won trust from their own community several years ago after they saved the life of an elderly Arab chieftain whose family members were Old City militants. In East Jerusalem, Arabs no longer hurl stones at MDA ambulances, once seen as symbols of the Israeli oppressor. Yet still, the divisions of the city leave their scars. The ambulances are allowed to enter Eastern neighborhoods only with a police escort. Waiting for police cars often wastes precious seconds during an emergency call, so Izhiman and his colleague Morad Alian will often collect the patient in their own cars and drive...
...understand if you see the show, I promise). The pool is at its most versatile during the story of Ceyx and Alcyone, played respectively by Arlo D. Hill ’08 and Carolyn W. Holding ’10. Ceyx is at sea when the gods hurl a powerful storm at his ship, and he is killed along with the rest of his crew. Meanwhile, Alcyone loses hope by the day, and when the gods permit Ceyx’s shade to visit her in a dream, her worst fears are confirmed...
...crowd sat mostly silent as Poonsters bandied questions about backflips and drug use, interrupting only to hurl sporadic boos at the screen...
...American Idol, calling a performance "bad karaoke" is the worst insult the judges can hurl. It is also the greatest compliment they can bestow. Idol viewers, after all, have made the caterwauling audition episodes the highest-rated, except for the finale. In their eyes, karaoke is the Mae West of entertainment: when it's bad, it's better...
...rattle the metal gate of the madrasah. Snipers are perched on the roof of buildings surrounding the complex. Outside, the male students are fighting with the rangers. Inside, women fill buckets of water at the tap and pass them, fireman style, out the gate to the men. They hurl bamboo staves, broom handles and water bottles over the complex wall. The bottles return, empty, and the women fill them up again and toss them back. Aman disappears out the gate. "I will do everything in my power to protect my madrasah," she says. "I am ready...