Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...outskirts of Jerusalem, where they bombed an apartment building only a mile from the home of Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. Sometimes they crossed over from Lebanon, sometimes from Syria, where they were actually based. But more often, they sneaked in through Jordan, where King Hussein seemed powerless to stop them. Last week, Israel finally struck back with the white-hot fury of the desert sun itself, launching its biggest, bloodiest, boldest reprisal since the Suez campaign ten years...
...seven suicides in the Bible, from Samson to Judas, and neither the Old Testament nor the New specifically forbids it, as does the Koran, which calls suicide "a much graver crime than homicide." But St. Augustine condemned it as "a detestable and damnable wickedness," perhaps to put a stop to a growing tendency of extremist Christians to seek instant sainthood via self-martyrdom. From the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century in Europe, self-murder was stigmatized by the full force of church and state-a suicide's property was confiscated, his body was dragged through...
Cornell may be down after its narrow loss to Dartmouth. The oversized Big Red defensive line, however, should stop Princeton's running game as it did Dartmouth's. That means that tailback Dick Bracken, who was injured last week, will be forced to pass more than Princeton has all year...
...Stop that girl!" the bank dicks bellow as one man, but by the time they reach the exit, the chic chick-and $60,000-have vanished in the crowd...
...fine print reads, "this ticket is a revocable license. If sold or offered for sale at a premium it becomes void." During most of the year, this warning is about as relevant as the Nineteenth Amendment. As the Yale game approaches, ticket scalping becomes hysteric, and nothing can stop...