Word: orderers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...braggart, a show-off or, at the other extreme, someone who is deeply depressed or suicidal. In this community of quiet-spoken, humble pacifists, such behavior "really stands out against the social landscape," observes Medical Sociologist Janice Egeland, who has spent more than 25 years among the Old Order Amish, as the group is formally known. When it does occur, the Amish often have an explanation: "Siss im blut," they say; the peculiar behavior is "in the blood...
...last week, after another prolonged period of anarchy in the Lebanese capital, Syrian President Hafez Assad took one of the biggest gambles of his 16 years in power. He sent 7,500 Syrian troops into West Beirut to try to restore order there -- a task that several countries, including the U.S., France, Israel and Syria itself, had previously tried without success. Was Assad about to become the latest victim of Lebanon's endless civil war, or could he restore peace to the troubled land...
Different folks can choose different strokes or a combination. Swedish massage, the most familiar technique, uses oils to reduce friction and employs long full strokes, along with kneading and pounding motions. In newly popular Japanese Shiatsu and Chinese acupressure, fingers are pressed along defined paths on the body in order to release chi, or trapped energy. Other techniques include deep-tissue or structural massage, and reflexology, which focuses on the foot and hand...
...force to promote one black trooper for every white promoted to each rank, if there were qualified blacks available, until they constituted 25% of that rank. The 5-4 decision in the case, U.S. v. Paradise, marks the first time the Justices have ruled that a lower court may order strict numerical quotas in promotion. In other instances of serious discrimination, the court has approved racial preference in hiring, but it has shied from permitting it in layoffs...
Alarmed by continuing anarchy and military threats to his ally, the Amal militia, President Hafez Assad attempts to impose order on the chaotic Lebanese capital. -- A power struggle breaks out in China that threatens Leader Deng Xiaoping. -- Mikhail Gorbachev' s glasnost worries Eastern Europe' s aging rulers. -- A life sentence for terrorism in Paris...