Word: violent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...population up at night with their loudspeakers blasting away at the ideological opponents; but it is clear they consider the dimensions of the revolution--which ultimately enveloped the national intelligentsia--to be the direct result of a power struggle within the highest echelons of the leadership, a struggle so violent it meant bringing all administrative functioning to an end for months, even years, until the battle was resolved...
...births and poor obstetrics accounted for the high mortality in mothers; the death rate among black women served by midwives was lower than among whites served by physicians. Mental illness was seen as the work of the devil: the village idiot was either derided or tolerated, while the more violent were shackled and jailed...
Fearful that Smith's stubbornness will result in a violent showdown with the overwhelming black majority, U.S. and British diplomats are working on a plan to purchase, in effect, white acceptance of an early peaceful transition to black rule. Still in the drafting stage, the scheme might seek to commit Britain, other members of the Common Market, the U.S. and states neighboring on Rhodesia legally, financially and even militarily to guarantee a bloodless solution to the Rhodesian problem. Rhodesia's whites and black tribal minorities might be offered a "safety net" composed of a floor price for their...
...style seems to spring naturally from the man, assuming that Eastwood's screen character, in its mature, or post-spaghetti, formulation is a true reflection of his sensibility. The flat, quiet voice, the understated grace of his movements, the sweet almost boyish manner, contrasting so curiously with the violent deeds he performs, have a remarkable way of gaining sympathetic interest not so much through command as through insinuation. In a western, where spacious landscapes and historical distance seem to soften the impact of his brutal methods of problem solving, Eastwood is not simply a symbol of the modern taste...
Aloft, El Al planes are veritable flying fortresses. Cabin walls have been strengthened to resist bullets and grenade fragments; flight-deck doors are armored and locked. Crews can survey passengers over closed-circuit TV; pilots are trained to flip their planes into violent maneuvers to knock a skyjacker off his feet. Lavatories are periodically checked. To keep potential skyjackers from becoming familiar with routines, however, security arrangements are also periodically changed...