Word: washings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...room. You never see the sun. When your captors fear that a noise in the night is an impending rescue attempt, you are slammed up against the wall, the barrel of a gun pressed against your temple. Each day you have 15 minutes to shower, brush your teeth and wash your underwear in the bathroom sink. Your bed is a mat on the floor. One of your fellow hostages tries to escape, and the guards beat him senseless. Another tries to commit suicide. One day you too reach the edge of your sanity. You begin furiously pounding your head against...
Were the Soviets to continue cross-border raids after this Wednesday, the U.S. might maintain its own involvement, though any sort of step-up is unlikely. Some statements suggest that Washington has formulated no policy beyond the expulsion of the Soviets and is eager to wash its hands of the entire mess. "We're not interested in a proxy war," says one official. "The Afghans should be allowed to settle this themselves...
...deal (or not to deal) with the begging of the homeless could be to take the tack recommended by New York Mayor Ed Koch: not to give out on streets but give tax-deductible donations to organized charities instead. It's a clean, sanitary way to wash your hands of the issue. But how are you going to tell a small child who is begging on the streets to survive that you won't give her money because you sent the United Way a check last week...
...vote and Wright's subsequent announcement came after Majority Leader Thomas Foley (D-Wash.), presiding over yesterday's session, refused to recognize a pay-raise opponent who wanted to introduce a resolution calling for a vote on the hike...
...execution brought a sigh of relief in the LaConner, Wash., home of Vivian Rancourt, whose daughter, Susan, was among Bundy's victims. "Good," Mrs. Rancourt said when told Bundy was dead. "The only thing I can say is thank God, it's finally over...