Word: tear
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...leading to the hospital, other rioters set truck tires on fire, smearing the brilliant blue sky over Gaza with stinking black smoke. Nearby, a loudspeaker on the minaret of a mosque blared encouragement: "Oh, you young people, go at them! Don't back off!" As an Israeli helicopter dropped tear-gas canisters into the courtyard, the soldiers finally stormed the gates, chasing the demonstrators through the hospital's corridors and beating some of them bloody. Two Palestinians were shot to death in the melee...
...angry crowd of nearly 3,000 in the Balata refugee camp threw stones at Israeli border police. A barrage of rubber bullets failed to stop the mob, composed largely of women and youths. The Israelis, who claimed many of the women were wielding knives or sticks, turned to tear gas and real bullets. Four protesters were killed and at least 30 wounded. Demonstrators battled troops for more than five hours. As fiery Arab protests raged through the territories, the Israelis were afraid that the violence was sparked not simply by a few rabble-rousers but by a widespread despair that...
Although a developer has not yet been selected and a decision has not been reached on whether to tear down the present structure, the YMCA intends to construct a building that will allow the organization to expand its community services, said Richard Foot, executive vice-president of the Cambridge YMCA...
...devil of a network reporter, might not know the difference between Jim Bakker's sex pawn and Jessica McClure. He sure doesn't know the difference between millions and billions in a Defense Department cost-overrun story he's working on. But he knows how to shed a calculated tear on-camera during a human-interest interview. In one sense, Tom is the reverse of Bud Fox: he isn't bright, but he's smart -- smart enough to use his looks and his nice, helpful, attractive attitude to get intelligent people to push him toward stardom, so that they connive...
Other competitors say they have been followed by teenage girls in the local shopping malls. One says he was spotted by a guy in the fast lane on the expressway who felt compelled to congratulate him at 60 m.p.h. Kim Buchan has actually had people tear at her hair and clothes. One time, when Madonna was due, a television film crew had Buchan dress up and drive around Chicago in a limousine. "People mobbed me. They thought I was Madonna. They thought I was Rosanna Arquette. This guy came up and said, 'Who are you?' So I was supposed...