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Word: threats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation and a state has of course met with fierce resistance from Israel. The PLO's charter calls for the destruction of Israel; many of the Palestinians in exile come from what is now the state of Israel, and claim a right to return, in which Israel sees a threat to its existence...

Author: By Stanley H. Hoffmann, | Title: Tuning Into the Palestinians | 9/20/1979 | See Source »

...After a threat, a kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Striking Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...with friends at a pub in Bradford - a West Yorkshire industrial town ten miles west of Leeds, where the Ripper had struck twice before - Sociology Student Barbara Leach, 20, went out for a stroll near the University of Bradford. After listening to the recording of the Ripper's threat, she had promised her worried parents that she would never go out alone at night. But this time, she took the chance. She never got home again. After she had been missing for 40 hours, her mutilated body, partly covered by an old piece of carpet, was found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Striking Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Ripper has become Britain's best-known unknown man. Thousands of people have listened to his chilling recorded threat on a special phone line police set up in the hope that someone would recognize the Ripper's voice. British tabloids have been filled with lurid accounts of his grisly deeds. Streetwalkers in the Ripper's favorite stalking grounds have been advised to remain indoors, and, to the chagrin of their customers, some are taking the advice. One thing is all but certain: the Ripper will call again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Striking Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Yale owned the Sprints. Under a cloudy, sullen sky, the Crimson eight never countered an explosive Yale start and couldn't sustain any threat in the 2000-meter contest. Senior Charlie Altekruse, the Harvard captain this year, says, "We knew even before the Sprints that they were a big, strong crew and they could take it out early. That's what they did. They were able to hold on in the middle of the race, and in such a short race, they could push...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: That Ol' Thames River Magic--Again | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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