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Word: kingsborough (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they add a sinister quality to his sudden thrusts. He lunges twice, quickly: "Never forget, first to the body and then to the head." The yarmulkes fall, but the lesson goes on. It is an odd avocation for a nice Jewish boy who is studying political science at Kingsborough Community College, but stranger still is his calmly stated explanation: "I teach karate not for sport but for the street. I want my students to be able to kill, so that if a Jew is ever attacked, that attacker will never come near him again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Arming of the Jews | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

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