Word: lethal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that philosophy last month when they ambushed an Israeli patrol in the Gaza Strip and killed two soldiers. But stepped-up Palestinian violence will only beget more violence from Israel. Warned Brigadier General Zvi Poleg, who commands Israeli forces in Gaza: "The rules of the game change when lethal weapons are used against soldiers...
...combo has other Ivy teams quaking, the J-J combo in the higher weights is almost as lethal...
These days, nearly every popular movie wants to be a cartoon. For proof, check out 1989's five top hits: Batman; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Lethal Weapon 2; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Ghostbusters II. They all aspire to the freedom of form and story that any animated film takes for granted. Problem is, real life gets in the way. Location shooting is at the whim of weather; special effects can look chintzy onscreen. And actors! They cost the moon, and their bodies aren't elastic enough to perform the comic contortions that Daffy Duck can give...
...Ortega is a fool and always has been." Despite Bush's initial outburst, the Administration's response otherwise remained low-key. That was due in part to a realization, as a senior Administration official put it, that "there's not the remotest chance Congress will okay the restoration of lethal aid." Congress abolished such assistance in February '88, later approving $49 million for food and medicine...
Still, as last week's quake in San Francisco demonstrated only too well, it does not take a Big One to deal a lethal blow. For this reason, some geologists think that the Big One has been overemphasized as a near-term threat. There are faults up and down the California coast capable of equaling the latest quake, and that is enough reason to worry. Likely candidates for significant quakes in Northern California include not only Berkeley and Oakland but also the Silicon Valley. The Los Angeles Basin, for its part, has experienced an increase in small earthquakes, which many...