Word: lull
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...This is a war of nerves. Don't be fooled by quiet. Be afraid of it." --KHALID MEHDI, fisherman from Tyre, Lebanon, during a lull in the bombings by Israel that have pounded the town, which is sandwiched between Israel and Hizballah's heartland in southern Lebanon...
...TIME said, "When Koizumi steps down in September, Japanese politics will lose a little spark." There's always darkness after a spark dies out, and there will surely be a political lull after Koizumi's departure. It remains to be seen how soon his successor will be able to bring things back to life. K. Chidanand Kumar Bangalore, India...
...relative quiet in Beirut on Tuesday, the jittery sense of desperation is getting worse. The Westerners are being evacuated, but that's not necessarily good news for the Lebanese staying put. Once the Westerners are gone, people on the streets wonder what will hold the Israelis back. The lull in the bombing, in fact, is widely seen as a deliberate break by the Israelis to allow the foreign nationals...
Through the sleepy stupor of a Sunday morning came the elevating lull of National Public Radio. Nat Hentoff, free-speech champion, was paying tribute to Ralph Ginzburg, who had died July 6 at the age of 76. That snapped me awake. Ginzburg had been declared a pornographer, had lost a Supreme Court obscenity decision and gone to jail - all for publishing a magazine I'd subscribed to when...
...rubber bands, then went on to deeply influence Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; after a stroke; in Macon, Ga. As a gofer for the Pinetoppers, Jenkins' college-circuit ensemble, Redding drove the band to Memphis, Tenn., in 1962 to make a record for Stax Records, and during a lull sang These Arms of Mine. When the song became Redding's breakthrough hit, Jenkins, who feared flying, opted not to tour with the rising star. The flamboyant Jenkins impressed fellow lefty Hendrix, who incorporated some of Jenkins' antics into his repertoire after seeing him play in Macon. A few years after...