Word: onslaughts
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...addition to his struggle for power and respect, Coriolanus suffers from a host of more personal problems. His relationship with his strong-willed mother (Nora Zimmet '00) borders on incest. He ignores his doting wife (Monica Henderson '99). While dealing with the onslaught of all of these issues, Coriolanus must also consider whether or not he should join forces with his recent enemy Aufidius (Bashir Salahuddin '98) to recapture Rome...
...Defense Fund. In Idaho, foes of the bear proposition count the Governor and nearly all state legislators on their side, and initiative backers complain they are being outspent 4 to 1. In Michigan as in Idaho, opponents contend that abolishing spring hunting, baiting and hounding would lead to an onslaught of bear problems and thwart hunters...
What's new about this media onslaught is that none of these pitches or disparagements were paid for by Longley or his Democratic opponent, Thomas Allen, or even their respective parties. The pro-Longley spots come courtesy of the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Restaurant Association and a coalition of corporations led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The anti-Longley information was supplied by the AFL-CIO and, to a lesser extent, the American Association of Retired Persons. By taking advantage of a legal loophole in campaign-finance laws that permit so-called independent expenditures, special-interest...
...offensive onslaught was matched by a defense that was as unforgiving as a brick wall...
...Israeli soldiers who were guarding their own checkpoints, when the Israelis had not fired on them. In some cases, Palestinian police roamed with the armed Palestinian mobs and shot into Israeli neighborhoods and army outposts. The Israeli soldiers involved were defending themselves and Israeli civilians against the unprovoked Palestinian onslaught...