Word: perform
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...soldiers felt that the I.D.F. was beginning to forget its middle name. For the past 15 years, the I.D.F. has been mainly an army of occupation, with thousands of troops tied down in the restive West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights. Israeli soldiers last April were forced to perform the anguishing task of evicting Jewish settlers from the northern Sinai town of Yamit as part of the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. When Israeli tanks rolled into Lebanon last June, many soldiers expected that campaign to last only a few days. Four months later, with 335 Israeli troops dead...
Even though Xica dons very elaborate costumes, the climax of the movie comes when the character sheds her clothes to perform a ritualistic dance. Her taut body fills the screen as she seduces a foppish Count eagerly watching her--not to mention the audience...
...issue in the Winig inquiry is the delicate matter of how much to trust statistics. The Joint Committee's figures show that Winig's Caesarian section rate, when compared to that of his colleague Dr. Jerome Federschneider, show markedly more readiness to perform Caesarian sections. The formal grievance calls for a comparison of Winig's rate of Caesarians with the rate for all of BWH for a year--a figure still forthcoming...
...verbal section was 426 (in contrast to 424 last year); on the math section it was 467 (in contrast to 466). The three-hour test, which is taken by about 1 million seniors a year, is designed to predict on the basis of general intellectual aptitude how they will perform in college. In addition, the yearly aggregate result has come to be regarded as a leading indicator of how well U.S. high schools are doing. Says George Hanford, president of the College Entrance Examination Board, which sponsors the SAT: "This year's score increase, however slight, combined with last...
...fact, "two years from now, I want to invite the Harvard band back, and say, 'By golly, let's give the band another chance!'" Ullrich said. "I look forward to seeing the Harvard Band [perform on the field...