Word: upper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That was, it turned out, reassuring evidence that opponents of cooperation had not yet gained the upper hand. As the two sides began to meet at the highest levels, both seemed genuinely interested in a common goal: to end the fighting in such a way that serious negotiations toward a long-range solution to the Middle East impasse could begin. The most immediate obstacle was the ferocity of the fighting itself. Until one side gains a decisive advantage or the fighting settles into a clear stalemate, neither side seems likely to cease firing...
...Americans should maintain a strict hands-off policy, but if the Russians are supplying the Arabs, we must send arms to Israel." Barbara Manard, 28, a graduate student in sociology from the University of Virginia, shares that view, explaining: "No matter what the Arabs say, if they get the upper hand, they'll try to drive the Israelis into the sea." Adds Paul Soglin, the young (28) mayor of Madison, Wis.: "I think both sides are wrong, but my main concern is that no country be annihilated. I'm concerned about the Arabs but more so about...
This area is a strategic imperative for both Israel and Syria. When Syria holds the Heights, it threatens the fertile Israeli settlements in the upper Galilee region. When the Israelis hold it, they have a flat, unimpeded access to Damascus, only 40 miles away. In this war, the Golan witnessed some of the bloodiest combat ever waged in the Middle East. When we drove our orange Volkswagen into the area, we at first passed the rusting tanks of the 1967 war. Soon we encountered freshly destroyed tanks, Syrian and Israeli...
...food inhalation shows symptoms that are easy to recognize, if a doctor or bystander knows what to look for. The hapless diner is suddenly unable to breathe, talk or cough. A panicky struggle may ensue, as he tears at the lower throat or upper chest. He quickly becomes blue in the face and collapses to the floor or into his plate. Without proper help, death-from lack of oxygen-occurs in four or five minutes...
Anthony Powell's roman fleuve, A Dance to the Music of Time, is turning into a dance of death. With this eleventh of a projected twelve volumes, the series-chronicling the ebbs and flaws of English upper-class life since the first World War-is nearly played out. Already the narrative extends across 40 years to about 1958, outdistancing many of the lives it recounts. Powell's narrator and alter ego, Nicholas Jenkins, is now in his 50s, an age that, he ruefully notes, confirms one's "worst suspicions about life...