Word: wings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shin Bet's spy--reportedly rated by his handlers as a good operative--was not truly blind and deaf to the plans, why did the security service fail to act? This key, and so far unanswered, question has spawned a host of conspiracy theories. Right-wing circles are calling Raviv an agent provocateur who purposefully incited anti-Rabin fanaticism. An alternate, even wilder theory holds that Shin Bet actually plotted a faked assassination attempt in order to smear opponents of the peace process. Under this scenario agents supposedly gave Amir a gun loaded with blanks, but his brother betrayed...
...Left-wing conspiracists charge that rightist sympathizers inside the Shin Bet allowed Raviv to incite and Amir to act. The security service, says an Israeli analyst, "is almost on the floor," and the Shamgar Commission's report is expected to be devastating. Peres will then step in, sources say, to replace Shin Bet's leaders and rebuild the security service from the top down...
...thought we shot the puck more than usual," senior wing Kirk Nielsen said. "The power play was working, which gave us more chances...
...classic complaint against abstract art is that it alienates the average viewer. An odd combination of right-wing representationalists, left-wing socialist realists and bewildered museum-goers have long criticized the minimalist and expressionist pieces that dominated the art scene within the U.S. in the mid-20th century...
...another instance of a missed opportunity, Konik Lieed a perfect cross pass from right wing to a streaking Holmes with two minutes remaining in the first period. The pass grazed Holmes' stick, but he was unable to get a shot off. If Holmes, who was right on the side of the net, had been able to control the puck, he would have had a great chance to break the scoreless...