Word: disarm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...police want to disarm us on the one hand, and they say they can't protect us on the other," he added...
This is too bad, because the picture's premise is not a bad one. It has the would-be robbers casing a bank that is still under construction and sneaking in to build right into its sophisticated alarm system the means by which they can disarm...
Western leaders were unimpressed with Brezhnev's offer. Sounding more resolute than usual, President Carter said at a press conference that the Soviet proposal was "not quite as constructive as at first blush it seems to be. I think it's an effort designed to disarm the willingness or eagerness of our allies adequately to defend themselves. In my judgment, the decision ought to be made to modernize the Western allies' military strength and then negotiate with a full commitment and determination mutually to lower armaments on both sides...
...original 13 is Tony Mayo, 18, a black who never knew his father, lost his mother when he was still a toddler, was then raised by relatives in one of the grimmest sections in any American city. "I'm nearly a black belt," says Mayo. "I can disarm a man carrying a knife. I've developed a spiritual eye. I can feel you behind me, I can feel your vibes." Arnaldo Salinas, 18, another ghetto child, wants to be an FBI man. "There's not so many Puerto Ricans in the FBI, I think," he says, with...
Even the Koranic protection that has always shielded Muslim holy men from attack was shattered as discipline broke down. When a mullah and his armed companion attempted to disarm several youths near the Shahyad monument in Tehran, the mullah was shot to death. Some leftist guerrillas even attacked mosques, a sacrilegious act that would have been unthinkable a few days earlier...