Word: anciently
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...recent unrest) and a Gaza port where the 12 boats of the Palestinian navy were docked. The last was an odd choice, except for the fact that it was just 100 yds. from Arafat's office. Later, the Israelis attacked the police academy in Jericho, after Palestinians torched an ancient synagogue there. In each case the Israelis notified Palestinian officials of the site selected before the Cobras flew in, so that it could be emptied, and then the Israelis monitored the evacuations by drone. The Cobras shot innocuous machine-gun fire as a final warning before unleashing their real payloads...
That naked display of violent intolerance added a new dimension to the set-to. In retaliation, Jews in Tiberias vandalized an ancient mosque. Even the funeral of a slain Jewish settler was not spared from assault. As the procession moved along a West Bank road, Palestinians stoned the mourners, some of whom in turn whipped out assault rifles and opened fire...
...whether Mayr Girard is insane or not, Insanity leaves no doubt about the inhumanity of ancient mental institutions. Robertson illustrates in shocking detail the primitive treatment of the mentally infirm in days gone by. The cackling of the Furies as splinters were placed under the thumbnails of patients or as patients were thrust into freezing cold baths is enough to chill the blood. The play also discusses the plight of women, which is no coincidence as director Miriam R. Asnes '02 is a women's studies concentrator. Mary Girard, like many women of her time, was legally under the power...
...settled into a seat at the back of the hall. "Let us study," Wiesel began quietly. "To enter the text is to be warmed by an ancient flame...
...ancient and quirky electoral system has been known to award the reins of power to the candidate with fewer popular votes. When Grover S. Cleveland beat out Benjamin Harrison in 1888 by a scant 0.7 percent of votes cast, his supporters did not engage in bacchanalian post-election festivities because Cleveland did not become president. The Electoral College ended up choosing Harrison (Cleveland did, however, win in a subsequent election...