Word: rubbers
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Clashes between Israeli soldiers and and Palestinians just a week before the Israeli army is to pull out of the West Bank town of Nablus have put a crucial phase of the Israel-PLO autonomy agreement in doubt. Thursday, troops fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at the Fatah Hawks after Ahmed Tabouk, head of the Palestinian gang, led armed followers through the town firing hundreds of bullets into the air and hurling stones at passing Israeli military vehicles. TIME's Jamil Hamad reports from the West Bank: "These protests will continue because it is no longer...
When Carey Cage opened in the summer of 1992, the 5,300 square foot facility was filled with state of the art equipment and plenty of room to workout. The Cage boasted 13,000 pounds of York Olympic free weights and an additional 2,000 pounds of York Olympic rubber bumper plates. There were four power lifting platforms, a dumbbell area, three Schwinn Airdyne stationary bikes with computerized readouts, two sets of plyometric boxes, four Olympic bench presses, two Olympic military presses, eight power squat cages, a multi-hip machine, an eight station Lit/back machine, two calf machines, a hamstring...
...rubber duckies were pretty popular," she said. "Everybody wanted those...
...Newspaper Guild itself merged with the Communication Workers of America on June 19. Ten days later, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union combined with the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union to form UNITE. On July 3, the United Rubber Workers Union voted to combine with the United Steelworkers of America. On July 4, the National Education Association consolidated its presence in our nation's schools by absorbing the United Federation of Teachers. Does there seem to be a trend here...
...there is one likely future challenger to Jiang it is Qiao Shi, 71, chairman of the National People's Congress and a member of the Politburo's inner standing committee. Though the Congress has always been a rubber stamp for the party, Qiao is making a serious effort to turn it into a functioning legislature--and in the process use it as a power base. Some experts believe Qiao has liberalizing tendencies...