Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...into a hunger strike. "Our conditions are inhuman," prisoners complained in a document distributed by their lawyer, Israeli left-wing Activist Lea Tsemel. Prison authorities began to worry after a week in which all 74 prisoners at Nafha refused food. Since it is against the law in Israel to permit prisoners to die by their own hand, forced feeding was begun on some of the prisoners. A long tube was pushed down their throats into their stomachs while they sat on chairs. In three cases, the vitamin-and sugar-reinforced milk drink accidentally entered the lungs. As a result...
...plotting here is elegant. The motives all touch on Dallas'pervasive themes: sex (Sue Ellen and Kristin), money (Alan Beam and Vaughn Leland) and family (Bobby and Cliff). For the mystery's solution to be equally impeccable, the culprit must come from inside the family. This would permit many of the new episodes to revolve around the altered relationships of the assailant and the other Ewings, especially J.R., who could be expected to devise an ingenious form of revenge. But Capice suggests otherwise: "The ripple effect from the revelation will be minimal. We'll move...
...have not had a proper capability for a limited response. The directive will permit us to substantially increase intelligence satellites and command and controls." Huntington said, adding that the decision was the outcome of a detailed three-year study and did not represent a political reelection ploy...
...already matured before the weather turned bad. In addition, the U.S. holds such huge agricultural reserves, like the 1.7 billion bu. of corn and 901 million bu. of wheat from past good harvests, that there is at present no danger of shortages. The recent years of harvest feasts will permit U.S. agriculture as a whole to survive a relatively short period of drought and heat...
...Ovett is intense and taciturn, especially with the press. He does little but eat, sleep and train; in an average week he will turn in 160 or more miles in contrast to Coe's 50 to 70. After he shattered Coe's mile mark, however, Ovett did permit himself a rare moment of public exultation: "One of the big goals this season was to take this world record from Sebastian Coe-it tasted terrific...