Word: occured
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argue, hiding from that word. And when it traveled into our room, absolute abject panic set in. My sisters would burst into tears, and we would all hold one another. And when the separation finally came, we were no better off for having waited six years for it to occur. I have two wonderful parents; they raised me really well. Sometimes parents can work together to raise a wonderful family and not have anything in common with each other. That happens a lot in America...
...land in the last full month of summer. No. 17 is on the way: Ellen, married into the clan, is pregnant. What she first sees is a family bound by ritual and affection, led by the 70-year-old paterfamilias, Charles. But as temperatures and voices rise, unflattering revelations occur. The internecine tennis matches are actually contests of will: "Bryan, a fragile 18-year-old loser, walked to the net to shake hands with his uncle. Ellen was so proud of the open, pleasant look Bryan managed to maintain . . . She knew how much that look cost." The wishes of Grandfather...
Nonetheless, the arrangement worked out by the three governments presumably calls for the freeing of the Lebanese, perhaps as early as this week for at least some, and the U.S. had a "tacit understanding" with Israel that this would occur. An Israeli military source told the Associated Press after the Cabinet session that he expected the release of the detainees to begin within several days. At least some hiatus was necessary, he said, to prevent the appearance of a quid pro quo deal. The release schedule also depended on the security situation in southern Lebanon, he added...
...prepare her favorite appetizer, Susan Maurer fills won ton wrappers with goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, cilantro and some chili fried in peanut oil. "It's fast to do Asian things," says Maurer, a Berkeley travel agent. It does not occur to her that in her Asian "thing" Maurer envelops influences that reach from the Rio Grande to the Mediterranean. Call it Chinese ravioli, Italian won ton or Mexican kreplach, the result is a wholly new, wholly American creation...
Just 100 yds. away, Secretary of State George Shultz was in his office, talking by phone to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres about the hostage crisis. After the killings, security was tightened, including some searches of attache cases. Still, unsettled officials admitted that lapses can always occur. Said one: "We have to function. Are we going to search 10,000 people a day? I don't think you can ensure that a tragic incident like this will never happen...