Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bedouins survived the 125° summer heat by hunkering down beside water holes; in winter, after provident rains had fallen, they drove their camel herds across 100-mile-wide tribal grazing grounds, venturing into town only to sell their animals. They observed stern codes for everything from vendettas to hospitality. Bigger tribes like the Beni Sakhr, when they suffered a bad winter, carried out a gazu or tribal raid, plundering weaker tribes of their camels, horses and food...
...white police officers was a substantial contributing factor in the deaths of two black youths and the gunshot injuries of twelve more." It also placed blame for the killings on "the confidence of white officers that if they fire weapons during a black campus disturbance, they will face neither stern departmental discipline nor criminal prosecution or conviction...
...paramount concern among the fedayeen for the first time. Rooted in Marxist dogma strongly tinctured with Maoism, the P.F.L.P. wants not only to attack Israel but also to topple what it considers backward, corrupt and conservative Arab governments. "We do not want peace," Habash told the West German magazine Stern recently. "Peace would be the end of all our hopes. We shall sabotage any peace negotiations in the future." Nor would Habash mind, he said, if the Middle East crisis triggered World War III. "If this should be the only possibility to destroy Israel, Zionism and Arab reactionism, then...
...sailboat, including a tape device that plots the boat's course as well as a small computer that tells Skipper Bill Ficker his true speed toward the mark (as opposed to speed through the water). Below the waterline, Chance installed a smaller keel and restyled the stern with a V-shaped bustle. Result: a remarkable 18% increase in Intrepid 's theoretical speed...
...hours until they consented to being given short haircuts. A barber was duly fetched, and each of the young Malaysians was required to pay 330 to have his long locks trimmed. When the shorn youths returned home, their countrymen were outraged-and reacted accordingly. The Malaysian government delivered a stern protest note to Singapore's ranking diplomatic representative in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian students demonstrated outside the Singapore embassy and the Malaysian press deplored the incident...