Word: land
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most recent Palestinian "martyrs" on Oct. 18, when a plastic bullet fired by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Nablus killed him. His parents and nine siblings are grieving but are no less determined to fight on against Israel's occupation of their land...
...been schizophrenic on the issue," says Colleen O'Connor of the A.C.L.U. So far, three federal appellate panels have held that creches not "subsumed by a larger display" of secular items are not permissible at city hall. But another federal court ruled that a creche can stand alone on land deemed to be a "public forum." In Chicago last month, a judge decided that no more than three religious symbols at a time may be exhibited at the Daley Center Plaza, and for no longer than 14 days. Complains Allegheny County attorney George Janocsko: "The cases are elevating trifling details...
...intifadeh, pressure from Muslims and Jews, and fears of emigration and community decline cast a pall on celebrations by Christians in the Holy Land...
...many as eight nuclear warheads. The rationale -- similar to that of Stealth -- was to penetrate Soviet antiballistic-missile defenses, which were themselves considered destabilizing because they threatened the American ability to retaliate effectively. But the Soviets responded with huge ten-headed SS-18 missiles that can destroy the U.S. land-based deterrence. These so-called silo busters offer a frightening incentive for a first-strike attack that, says defense analyst Sidney Graybeal, "makes them extremely destabilizing...
...after day, he sits in Mass Hall pondering the cost of building a hotel, the legality of all-male clubs and the probability that shifting the Freshman dining services to Memorial Hall will cause a riot in the Union dorms. He hasn't had such trouble dealing with his land since Cambridge Mayor Al Vellucci suggested paving over Harvard Yard to alleviate Cambridge's parking problems...