Word: stomach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There, he says, "I learned to hate." At Manila's Fort Santiago, where the Japanese Kempei Tai (secret service) tortured him in the hope that he would reveal the whereabouts of Filipino guerrilla groups, Marcos refused to talk. The Japanese pumped him full of water and jumped on his stomach. After eight days of "the water cure," he agreed to lead a patrol to a suspected guerrilla camp south of Manila. In the course of the march, he led the Japanese into a prearranged ambush?his captors died and he escaped into the hills...
...Beethoven concertos. A computer tallied the scores of the international panel of 17 judges, but the announcement of the results had to be delayed while contest officials frantically searched for Radu Lupu. He was found at last, wandering the hallways, gulping air in an effort to pacify his queasy stomach. But the agony had been worth enduring: minutes later he was named the first-prize winner. The pressure off, Lupu celebrated at a post-performance party by playing Gershwin long into the night. "I am very, very glad that it's over," he said. "I don't really...
...misleading to imply that more than a few moments of The Endless Summer are wavering or forced. The photography is superb, particularly those scenes actually filmed on a surfboard with a waterproof housing wrapped around the camera. And Brown's commentary, if you can stomach the occasional barbarisms or pass them off as charming naivete, is funny and quick...
...timely Atlanta riots--one week before the first primary--no doubt strengthened Maddox. Although he had much Atlanta big-business support, Arnall failed to receive endorsements from most major public officials, who played coy the whole way. Finally, Arnall was personally disliked by many people who simply could not stomach his inflated, exultant style...
Harvard coach Bill McCurdy will field just about the same team he did Wednesday. Jim Baker's ankle is still trouble-some, and Dick Howe could be slowed down by a stomach ailment. But Hardin, the Crimson's biggest surprise of the year, will be ready. Hardin whipped off a Harvard record at Franklin Park Wednesday and he could grab second or third today...