Word: wept
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were among the 47 people killed on Feb. 21 when a sabotaged Swissair jet exploded and crashed while flying from Zurich to Tel Aviv. As she spoke of Israel's doleful familiarity with "the phenomenon of the common grave," Mrs. Meir buried her face in her hands and wept. Then she dried her tears and in a firm voice urged: "Let us turn the sorrow and rage into a mighty force, real and moral. Let our anguish cry out to the world, and our rage be a lever for action to eliminate the possibility of such acts...
...hostess rushed forward to request his autograph-just as throngs of admirers used to do in early months of 1968, when Dubček's democratic reforms brought a Springtime of Freedom to the country. But this time, as another hostess and Mrs. Dubček wept openly, the former party leader turned the autograph seekers away. Then the man who had sought in vain to liberalize Czechoslovak Communism helped his sobbing wife aboard the plane and flew off to diplomatic exile as Ambassador to Turkey...