Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...turbulent Arab city on the occupied West Bank. Nothing since the 1982 war in Lebanon has eaten into the heart of Israel's most revered institution, the Israel Defense Forces, as the past 14 months of bitter war against children and stones has done. Seemingly impervious to Israel's iron fist, the Palestinian uprising rages on, and that is exacting a price from the I.D.F. measured less in injuries than in anguish. The army faces not military defeat but moral erosion, and its troops, the young men of Israel, find themselves charged with an impossible task: end the intifadeh...
...some soldiers suffer misgivings over their mission, others feel hamstrung by bothersome regulations to go easy. On patrol in Gaza, a young army private named Shmuel complained, "Three weeks ago, when we tried to be lenient on them, it didn't work. The only thing they understand is an iron fist." Retired Major General Shlomo Gazit admitted, "I would say that a very strong majority would like to see more force used...
...Harvard and Michigan State hockey teams meet for a rematch only to find that the Undergraduate Council has scheduled an Iron Maiden concert in Bright Arena for the same evening...
Republicans running for legislative seats across the state handed out literature coordinated by the party with similar broad themes tailored for local audiences. But Flaherty noted that the Democrats maintained their iron hold on the state Legislature, and he predicted no slippage in the 1990 statewide election...