Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MIDNIGHT CLEAR by William Wharton Knopf; 242 pages...
...Midnight Clear, a Christmas tale of World War II, makes large virtues of the contrary and the contentious. The members of Knott's Intelligence and Reconnaissance unit are mavericks with high test scores and a low opinion of exposing themselves to hostile fire. Nearly half of them were casualties of a battle in the Saar. The survivors are an antidote to the Dirty Dozen and their sordid spin-offs in film and fiction. The oldest members of the outfit are called Mother and Father; there is a no-obscenity rule, and the favorite pastime is not poker...
...year-old man who climbed 300 feet to the top of scaffolding around the Lowell House bell tower late last night was taken into custody by police shortly before midnight, police said...
...wife Aliza. He rests until 4, then goes back to the office for more meetings until 7 p.m. At night, he dozes only occasionally in front of the TV set like any weary grandfather. Usually he works for hours, phoning people throughout Israel to discuss current issues. Only at midnight does Begin give...
...talks culminated in a marathon meeting between Harry Gray and Thomas Pownall, president of Martin Marietta, on the afternoon and evening of Sept. 2 at the offices of United's New York City lawyers. With a handshake shortly before midnight, the two executives agreed that both their companies would offer to buy Bendix for approximately $1.5 billion. If a majority of Bendix shareholders sold out to either of them, the winner would assume control of Bendix, and then the two firms would carve up the captured company. The details have not been worked out, but United would probably take...