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Word: slewed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fedayeen, non-Palestinian Jordanians are not bent on overthrowing Hussein, but the King's attempts to repress the guerrillas have turned many of that group against him. Even neutral Jordanians were repelled by the brutality of Hussein's army. In Amman, Bedouin soldiers slew wounded guerrillas, some while they lay helpless on stretchers. Others looted stores and houses and raped women at gunpoint. Onlookers insist that these were not Jordanian at all, but the Bedouin mercenaries from Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia who constitute a third of Hussein's army. "These foreign legionnaires didn't look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Other Jordanians | 10/26/1970 | See Source »

...next year, a slew of movies will treat the Indian in his new role of social victim. Among them: Arthur Penn's Little Big Man, Ralph Nelson's bloody Soldier Blue (TIME, Feb. 2), and Mike Cimimino's The Conquering Horse, which will be shot entirely in Sioux and furnished with subtitles. Each, in its own way, will vary the theme of A Man Called Horse; the western is not dead; it is just rolling over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Home of the Braves | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...slew of bills represents a new peak in the battle over the Stadium, which began over ten years ago, even before the Patriots played their first game. Ever since then, the Patriots have made periodic bids for use of the facility, saying that without a stadium the size of Harvard's, they cannot afford to remain in Boston...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: Harvard Stadium Fight May Heat Up on Tuesday | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

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