Word: mined
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Almost simultaneously, Israeli jets raided Lebanon in an overreaction to two guerrilla attacks made the day before. At that time two Israeli tourists were wounded in a rocket attack inside Israeli-occupied territory, and two soldiers were hurt by a mine. Now Israeli Skyhawks, in a series of raids that continued through the week, bombed and strafed guerrilla encampments near the slopes of Mount Hermon; scores of fedayeen were reported killed. The Israelis also hit villages in the area. In a town called Hasbaya, curious villagers who rushed out of their houses at the noise became the targets; five died...
...full-time funnyman-first for the late Herb Shriner (for $75 a week), then for Singer Pat Boone, Garry Moore, Art Carney and Sid Caesar. By the time he went to work for Caesar, Woody was making $1,500 a week. He had also acquired three new fields to mine for comedy: an apartment, an analyst, and a wife, Harlene Rosen. He was 19, she was 16. The marriage lasted five nettling, unsettling years. Allen learned to deal with melancholy by furnishing it with a punch line. "For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation...
...prospecting for clothing stores, the Square area is a veritable gold mine. And the prices are just what you would expect in a gold rush town--sky high...
Local actions peaked again following the President's decision to mine North Vietnamese harbors, but after a feared nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union failed to materialize, these actions rapidly subsided. Already weeks behind in their school-work, Harvard students returned to classrooms and libraries, thankful that a holocaust had not enveloped the world but still despairing because the air and naval onslaught on North Vietnam continued unabated...
...turned out for a May 8 civil disobedience action at the John F. Kennedy Federal building in Boston at which 200 persons were arrested. But that night, President Nixon escalated the war against the North another notch, and antiwar sentiments were rekindled anew. His television announcement that he would mine the North Vietnamese ports prompted renewed plans for action, as Harvard students again prepared to disrupt their routines to stop what appeared briefly to be a mad march to the nuclear brink...