Word: pleases
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When Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens arrived in Washington for a crucial White House meeting, Israel had withstood 11 attacks by Iraqi Scuds. Some had been shot down by the Patriot missiles that the U.S. had rushed to Israel after the first attack on Jan. 17. But a number had...
The reason? Giarratano, 33, now a jailhouse lawyer, is no longer convinced he was the killer. Since 1983, he and supporters, ranging from conservative columnist James J. Kilpatrick to singer-activist Joan Baez, have sought to show that various statements in his confession contradict each other and the crime-scene...
On the other hand, Saddam's hopes of winning the war politically -- even his megalomania never foresaw anything better militarily than a bloody stalemate -- have steadily eroded. His Scud attacks have failed to provoke Israel into retaliation and are a declining menace. Two missiles fired last week at Saudi Arabia...
Keynote speaker Albert L. "Dapper" O'Neil, Boston city councillor-at-large, whipped on-lookers into a nationalistic fervor with his condemnation of anti-war demonstrators and his fervent pleas for support of American soldiers.
In the days that followed, the University's Middle East experts were bombarded by calls, requests and pleas from the media to answer initial questions and analyze the primary impact of the situation.