Word: terrorization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Egypt, already wracked by fundamentalist terror, the threat is even more menacing. That's why the Egyptian government repeatedly maintained that it wants nothing to do with the sheik...
...Fossils of animals "buried in swimming positions" and "fish found in positions of terror, fins extended and eyes bulging," provided proof of the Deluge...
Which indicates that the new terrorism could be even deadlier than the old. Harder to combat too, precisely because its perpetrators are less organized than their forebears and thus more difficult to spot, track and intercept. To fight the rise of decentralized terror, the U.S. must respond with more sophisticated intelligence gathering. Says a top Pentagon official: "We need to improve our capabilities, to try to outthink them, to outimagine them...
...ambulance with Tina after her suicide attempt, whispering, "If you don't make it, I'll kill you." But none is more harrowing than the moment of Ike's killer kiss. It shows how tender a man's domination can seem and how a woman, prodded by terror and responsibility, can see no option except acceding to his abuse. The happy ending -- escape from his thrall, sanity restored, a career of her own -- comes later...
...nightmares and midday flashes of terror. This, the aspiring pop music diva hadn't bargained...