Word: tires
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arabs, never hear a shot, not the least gunfire, and one's closest brush with death would in all likelihood be on the roads, where cars are driven with the same reckless excitability that seems to grace the entire population. It is indeed true that, as the Israelis never tire of saying, "You are a great deal safer anywhere in Israel than on the streets of New York." But this confidence in day-to-day security, this state of ostensible normalcy, does not quite obscure the fact that Israel is actually a nation under siege, a country whose life...
...reconciliation with Bangladesh appeared unreal. Yet some form of association may not be entirely beyond hope of achievement. For the time being, Bangladesh will be dependent upon India for financial, military and other aid. Bhutto may well have been reasoning that sooner or later the Bangladesh leaders will tire of the presence of Indian troops and civil servants, and be willing to consider a new relation with their humbled Moslem brothers...
...argues that "I cannot be a complete quarterback until I can call the plays," and wants to take over the team on his own next season. "I won't worry," he says, "until I see Landry working out in the offseason, like throwing a ball through a rubber tire in the backyard...
...retirement to lead a nationwide search committee to find a replacement for Director of Athletics Bob Watson. Simultaneously, President Bok announces establishment of a nationwide search committee to find Watson, last seen wandering aimlessly along Interstate 80 in Ohio in serach of a replacement for his left rear tire, which had fallen off without his knowledge somewhere in New Jersey. At right, the PRINCETON FOOTBALL TEAM holds up Watson's TIRE (2nd row, third from left) as the captain cackles, "We'll never give it back...
...this fact that gives A Question of Madness an importance far beyond its significance as a historical document that had to be smuggled out of Russia. To read it is to assume a moral responsibility toward the Medvedevs. For to ignore them or tire of their plight -as many have already done with the political prisoners in Greece and elsewhere-would be to abandon them to obscurity, where they would be easy pickings for their enemies. · R.Z. Sheppard