Word: posing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Squad members say the job is merely to intimidate and jail the ringleaders of the intifadeh. Specially trained soldiers armed with light, concealable weapons pose as Arabs as they prowl the territories in confiscated cars with West Bank license plates. Their tactics are often brutally simple. In Gaza undercover soldiers jumped from a car and clubbed Palestinian activists who were threatening Arab workers for violating a strike. Palestinian sources say the soldiers have also posed as members of the P.L.O. and beaten up rival Palestinians in attempts to spark internal warfare. Some of the Cherry soldiers even impersonate journalists, nabbing...
...floor you do an Arabesque standing in one spot, but while you're on the ice you can do the same thing and be moving," Healy says. "I think that's what most dancers like best about skating, the fact that you can hold a pose and still be moving at the same time...
HARVARD students benefit from and contribute to a $4 billion institution which, while perhaps trying to do the right thing, often can't predict what that thing is; or, when it believes it knows, finds that overlooked details can suddenly pose ethical or practical problems...
...bitter sense of betrayal, even among some defense-minded residents, has grown from the apparent aloofness of Washington officials to the perils that weapons production may pose to the health of innocent people living near the plants. And while studies are under way to assess radiation dosage inflicted on communities near some of the facilities and to find out what harm may have resulted, they will take years to complete. Meanwhile, the very uncertainty of the connection between radiation exposure and a variety of illnesses makes the future an agonizing mystery for many...
...bring that level down to 39%. Moreover, Kraft has products like Miracle Whip and Philadelphia Brand cream cheese that have taken up permanent residence in * American refrigerators. Since Kraft products do not compete with those made by Philip Morris' General Foods subsidiary, Philip Morris argues that the merger would pose no antitrust problems...