Word: nass
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Automatic Assumption. In their fury, many Moslems automatically assumed that the Al Aqsa blaze had been started deliberately-and by an Israeli. Hundreds of Arabs rushed to the still-burning mosque, threatening firemen who were trying to control the blaze and shouting "Nasser! Nass-er!" When Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan arrived on the scene, he was jeered. An Arab mob coursed down the Via Dolorosa-the path Jesus took to the Crucifixion-shouting "Death to Israel!" Police blocked them at the fifth Station of the Cross...
...Japanese. Alaska's fish and wildlife experts knew as long ago as the winters of 1963 and 1965 that bad times were coming. For one thing, there were disastrous freezes in each of those years; such streams as the Nass and Skeena froze solid. When the spring thaws came, most of the young salmon that survived the ice were swept away with their gravel nurseries...
Flying Squad. What Lauderdale was tired of, Daytona wanted-and it began a campaign to attract the collegians for the 1962 holidays. Daytona City Commissioner Stanley Nass got civic groups to agree to "welcome the youngsters, leave them alone and let them entertain themselves with the facilities we have." The city appropriated an extra $12,000 for its recreation fund. Nass hired Jazzman Dave Brubeck for a show, got together a music-making group called the Folksters, gave them a truck and made them a "flying squad." Last week, whenever Nass got a report that the boys and girls were...
...behave like it. The other night two guys began directing traffic on the beach. We couldn't stop them short of arresting them, so we told their buddies, and they threw them into the water. That cooled 'em off and solved the problem." Says Commissioner Nass: "I've had more complaints about the convention of the American Legion...