Word: slit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense that Baghdad is a city at war is most acute at night, when the blackout is strictly enforced. Glimmers of candlelight escaping through a slit in the curtains can arouse outpourings of official ire. Customers in a restaurant one evening heard an explosion overhead. Waiters nervously scurried to put out candles and lanterns. When the patrons went outside to find out what had happened, there were no planes to be seen. As the diners went back inside to resume their meal, the unanimous conclusion was that it was not an Iranian raid at all, but a sonic boom caused...
...gave the soldier a little farewell wave in return. This upset one of the Afghans, who fixed Marshall with a scowl-evidently taking him for a Soviet sympathizer-and ran his finger across his throat. Then, just as Marshall was wondering whether his throat was about to be slit, the Afghan, reassured by his friends, gave the correspondent a broad smile and a bunch of grapes...
...Maru, a ship carrying Subaru cars to the U.S., discovered upon docking at Los Angeles harbor for refueling that more than 200 of the autos were damaged by water leaks in the cargo hold. Considering himself responsible for the accident, Sakai attempted to commit harakiri. When that failed, he slit his throat...
...have an outrageous number of suicides for a community our size," says Laurie Pfaelzer, 19, of Glencoe, who knew one student who slit his wrist and two who ran their cars into trees. "Growing up here, you're handed everything on a silver platter, but something else is missing. The one thing parents don't give is love, understanding, acceptance of you as a person." Adds Isadora Sherman of Highland Park's Jewish Family and Community Service: "People give their kids a lot materially, but expect a lot in return. No one sees his kids as average...
Hardly had the Ayatullah Khomeini taken over Iran last February when Aristo Sayeh, the Anglican vicar in Shiraz, was found with his throat slit. The crime has not been solved...