Word: razors
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...Israelis, 1967 was a time of euphoria, only to be followed by years of letdown as victory's hoped-for fruits--peace and coexistence with their neighbors--seemed ever less likely. Hardened by terrorism, many Israelis now want to wall off the Palestinians behind a mass of concrete and razor wire...
...Residents say that dozens of young men have been arrested in the past two months, persecution, they say, against anyone religiously devout. "You cannot buy a razor blade in Tripoli anymore because we are all shaving off our beards to avoid arrest," joked an unsmiling Mohsen...
...Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image this week, there's sure to be an art student or two in the house. And they'll feel quite at home as these self-proclaimed kings of "Concept-Art-Heritage-Rock-Covers" move swiftly through their set. With their razor-witted reinterpretations, AC/DC's '70s classic T.N.T. becomes Nam June Paik, named after the grandfather of video art; Devo's Whip It barely misses a beat as an anthem to Abstract Expressionism, Drip It; while Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'N' Roll has even more attitude as I Shot Andy...
...burying mines along its mountainous border with Afghanistan. This would hardly be a regional first. India began building a wall along its border with Pakistan in the late 1980s to stop the infiltration of militants and terrorists. The barrier, which is mud in places and a tangle of razor wire in others, now extends along more than half the border. India is also constructing a fence along its eastern frontier with Bangladesh to block the passage of political and economic malcontents from its impoverished neighbor...
...odds for gaining acceptance to Harvard as a transfer student, already slim, are about to become razor-thin. Having decided to increase the size of the freshman class, the College has announced that, starting in 2011, it will halve the number of transfer student positions it makes available...