Word: amenities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Israel and the Middle East: "There are only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East--the Israeli Defense Ministry and its amen corner in the United States...
...while the cranky columnist complains about the Israeli "amen corner," he had been, until the onset of the Intifada, an advocate of a pro-Israel policy. The Intifada, he argues, convinced him that there were strong arguments against Israeli claims...
Senior Jeremy Amen, co-captain of the soccer team, says, quite simply, "He's the greatest. I couldn't say enough about...
That issue came up during the debate over whether the U.S. should use force to expel Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Buchanan charged that there were "only two groups that are beating the drums for war in the Middle East -- the Israeli defense ministry and its amen corner in the U.S." New York Times columnist A.M. Rosenthal accused Buchanan of anti-Semitism and "blood libel" (a reference to the canard leveled by bigots since the Middle Ages that Jews kill Christian children and use their blood in making Passover matzo). Rosenthal's attack was so outrageous that Buchanan survived the storm...
Granted, the Crimson (7-7-1, 3-3-1 Ivy) was shorthanded. Senior Jeremy Amen was forced to sit out because he had garnered five yellow cards this season. Sophomore Joe Bradley and senior Don Daigle went down with injuries and were unavailable for second-half action...