Word: zoned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fought is ridiculous. In 1948, even before the establishment of Israel, the Jewish underground forces undertook a campaign of terror to drive the Palestinians from their native land. In 1956, Israel, Britain and France attacked Egypt for the great crime of having nationalized its own territory, the Suez Canal Zone. In 1967, Israel launched its attack on Egypt, knowing full well that Egyptian President Abdel-Nasser was desparately seeking a way to avoid a military confrontation. While the 1973 war was initiated by the Arabs, the intent of the offensive--as evidenced by the extent of Egyptian advance...
Landis' contempt for rules, however, has had less entertaining results. The deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two child extras on the set of Landis' Twilight Zone--The Movie segment four years ago suggested that, indeed, there are some rules to which even cinematic iconoclasts ought to adhere. Landis has admitted that the two young extras were working in violation of California's child-labor laws, and now he and several of his colleagues are on trial for involuntary manslaughter and criminal negligence in the three deaths...
...Middle-American bigot who miraculously finds himself placed in the positions of the Blacks, Jews, Asians and others he hates. In the end, Morrow was to be redeemed by his experience, but due to the accident, the segment was left with a more ambiguous ending. Still, Landis' Twilight Zone prologue, with Aykroyd and Albert Brooks driving along a deserted road, is a wonderfully effective piece of American Werewolf-like comedy-horror. Likewise, his other pictures have often been flawed but given a sense of anarchistic earnestness that, like the many misfiring SNL sketches, earns an audience's indulgence. If only...
EDITOR'S CHOICE FICTION O-ZONE, Paul Theroux -- PECKHAM'S MARBLES, Peter De Vries -- PERFUME, Patrick Suskind -- THE PRINCE OF TIDES, Pat Conroy -- A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS, Peter Taylor -- A TASTE FOR DEATH, P.D. James NONFICTION EISENHOWER: AT WAR 1943-1945, David Eisenhower -- GOING SOLO, Roald Dahl MY FATHER, MY SON, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. and Lieut. Elmo Zumwalt...
...Japan, when suddenly a terrific bang in the rear of the plane sent it into a steep, rolling descent. Within minutes the A-300 Airbus had plummeted four miles, to 12,000 ft. Passengers were pitched around the cabin, said a witness, "like astronauts training in a gravity-zero zone...