Word: searchingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours after he telephoned Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to invite himself to Cairo, Carter was on the banks of the Nile. It was a daring attempt to use the prestige of the U.S. presidency to end the months-long stalemate blocking an Egyptian-Israeli peace settlement. Even though the search for a Middle East ac cord has claimed more of the President's time than any other issue, last week's jour ney, in the words of Presidential Assistant Hamilton Jordan, demonstrated Carter's willingness to go "the final, extra mile." The goal, of course, was momentous...
Some police strip-search women even for traffic violations...
...humiliation was increased when she noticed several video cameras in the room, part of a closed-circuit security system with monitors at the desk in the building's public lobby. (The police say the cameras were not working at the time.) At the end of the search she was released on bond and all charges against her subsequently dropped...
...police, in Chicago and elsewhere, say that thorough searches are often necessary in order to find weapons, drugs or dangerous objects a suspect may be hiding. But those who have gone through the experience for such things as traffic violations strongly disagree. With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, 50 Jane Does with similar experiences filed a class-action suit this month asking the U.S. district court to restrict Chicago police from conducting strip-searches of women accused of nothing more serious than misdemeanors and traffic violations. A warrant would have to be obtained for such a search...
...arrived at the Metropolitan Opera with French Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's production of The Flying Dutchman, the tale of a legendary captain condemned to sail forever unless he is able to find a woman faithful until death. Every seven years he in a can come ashore to search for her, and in Norweigian fishing village he finds Senta, a girl obessed by fantasy who believes that she is his redemptress. It is a straightforward story, but Ponnelle has turned it all into the lurid dream of a young steersman. This allows him to dress Senta in an elaborate...