Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...virtually everywhere." Scattered reports indicate that people are dying (mostly at the hands of the 10,000 member American-trained Guard) at the rate of five or six per day. The victims range from the scores of young men who have been picked up by the Guard only to turn up lifeless on some roadside the next morning, to the five children who tried two weeks ago to stage a hunger strike in support of the opposition to General Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the President and dictator, to the guy from Cedar Rapids who taught at the American school in Managua...
...Carter, Israel's flinty Premier made it clear that he was not planning any concessions to anyone, anywhere, under any pressure. If he accepted the new U.S. proposals for an Israeli-Egyptian peace settlement, he declared, there would no longer be any peace treaty. "It would in fact turn into a treaty of war," he said. "And war needs no treaties; in war, cannons are needed." Arriving at Andrews Air Force Base 14 hours later, he remained just as stern as ever. Said Begin: "We cannot be pressed into signing a sham document...
...graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy, Cephas taught history at the Choate-Rosemary Hall School in 1975. "Prep schools can turn a bright, energetic kid around and send him flying in the direction of further education and achievement," he said...
After losing two games out in Minnesota (the 5-4 loss to Minnesota-Minneapolis on the 27th being the last display of objectively competitive hockey as we know it), Harvard found itself with five important Division One games in January and a chance to turn around its uncharacteristically dismal 2-5 ECAC start...
Things do not appear to be taking a turn for the better. The squad will graduate its two best forwards (George Hughes and Purdy), its second best defenseman (Trainor), and veteran spare parts like Steve Andrews, Murray Dea, John Dunderdale, John Cochrane, and Millen. In addition, Jack Hughes, quite possibly the best defenseman in the East, will probably make the Olympic team and pass up his final year of eligibility. These are cavities that refurbished Watson Rink and normal practice hours cannot hope to fill...