Word: detainment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...under the control of the Palestinians. This became clear when, in response to a request to visit Tyre, a U.N. liaison officer warned: "You could try it, but you might be arrested. They would arrest anyone from Israel." Palestinian troops patrol the pocket, set up roadblocks, question and detain whomever they want. The only way to travel, suggested the U.N. official, was to get rid of anything-papers, money, candy wrappers, that would indicate you were from Israel. And wristwatches, he added, should be set forward one hour to conform with Lebanese time. The time difference was a dead giveaway...
...long run, is naked power enough? Before his banning, Donald Woods answered no, in these words about the Afrikaans mentality: "Like the Kremlin, they think the enemy is words. But the enemy is thoughts. You can't legislate against thoughts. You can't detain them, or ban them, or restrict them, and that is why the present rulers of South Africa cannot survive. The thoughts of many are against them, and ultimately they themselves...
...combat rising crime the Communists agreed to extend the powers of the police to interrogate suspects and detain them without charges for 48 hours...
Captain Jeffrey S. Kahn said that police would use computerized trespasser descriptions to quickly identify previously-warned suspects. The law requires a policeman to issue a warning before a trespass arrest and limits the amount of time he may detain a suspect...
...course, this system can be maintained only through extreme repression. By law, any attempt to change the status quo is "communist" and punishable with long jail sentences, even death. The justice minister can detain anyone in solitary confinement for as long as he likes...