Word: kill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...along with ideological disputes between the left-leaning Mugabe and the more pragmatic Nkomo, could pose a serious threat to the cease-fire plan. The two groups considered joining their forces under a single command and mounting a unified campaign in the forthcoming elections. Nevertheless, many guerrillas have been killed in intramural gun fights between the rival factions. Says James Chikerema, a former guerrilla leader: "The security forces sit on tops of hills and wait for ZIPRA and ZANLA to knock each other to pieces. Then they move in and kill." In November ZIPRA and ZANLA units clashed 100 miles...
...save American democracy in a hostile world. He is likely to point out that "the best in vestment of all is the missionary investment," after citing figures snowing that the average "overseas conversion to Christianity costs just $654 per convert - as opposed to the cost of $200,000 to kill a single enemy soldier in World War II or $500,000 per kill in Viet Nam. It takes character to preserve freedom, he insists. The Ten Commandments, in fact, are ten principles from God about how to keep freedom...
...Garbo's slow but sure rise to stardom amid the "ah-rintch" groves, and the pandemoniac search for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara. Much space is devoted to a novelization of the rise and fall of Marilyn Monroe. Farber's conclusion: Hollywood did not kill her; "it was just a case of bad luck, mismanagement. She met the wrong people, she got bad advice...
...student spokesman who called herself Mary would make unedited opening and closing statements, but the newsmen did not have to clear their questions in advance. Said Tehran Bureau Chief Walter Millis: "That way we could control the interview, and if it really went off the wall, we could kill...
...opposite sex, and the captors have become protective of their hostages. "When someone captures you, he places you in an infantile position," says Dr. Frank Ochberg, director of the Michigan department of mental health. "It sets the stage for love as a response to infantile terror-he could kill you but he doesn't and you are grateful." The awful subtleties of such a relationship were chillingly explored in John Fowles' bestselling 1963 novel The Collector...