Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...couple, John R. Levine and Lydia S. Spitzer, said they suspect intoxicated Harvard students may have stolen the gate from their Shepard St. home late Saturday night to use as a room decoration. The wooden gate is known by some in the Quad for its sign that reads, "Do not even think of parking here...
...skates. And just look at these 20-ft. mountains of merchandise, from catsup to cameras, mustard to mufflers. Disoriented yet? This is the green zone, where groceries are sold. For everything from mouthwash to antifreeze, go to the blue zone. Tired? Here, sit down on one of the convenient wooden benches and sip some free cider or coffee with other weary shoppers...
...speech before Labor Party officials in the Knesset, Rabin defended the policy by pointing out that "no demonstrators have died from being thwacked on the head." Israeli troops armed with wooden truncheons were dispatched to potential trouble spots in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. By week's end United Nations relief officials reported that soldiers had used clubs and fists to beat hundreds of Palestinians, including some women who were caught violating the around-the-clock curfew that has confined tens of thousands to their homes. At least ten of those beaten required hospitalization. Government leaders conceded that...
...naked lawn. The place is crowded with hundreds of objects designed to satisfy every yearning: there are pedestals holding colored glass balls that resemble huge Christmas-tree ornaments, 6-ft.-tall ranch-style windmills, plastic pink flamingos -- and some items that are downright tasteless, notably a painted wooden figure that depicts an obese woman bending over, seen from behind. "I won't go so far as to say we're the biggest in the business," says Harper. "I heard of some place in Chicago that has a pretty big stock. But we do have the biggest variety I know about...
...West Bank city of Hebron, 14 teenage boys were marched into an unheated courtroom and ordered to sit on a wooden bench. Their hands were bound with strips of clear plastic. Asked by the Israeli military judge if they were guilty of the rioting charges lodged against them, all pleaded innocent. They were herded out of court and back to a makeshift detention center in the nearby village of Dahariya to await trial. In another courtroom, in the city of Nablus, an army prosecutor urged the judge to be lenient with Nasser Zuhadi Kakmeh, 16, because the youth had been...