Word: wanting
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Occupied Territories. Whenever the Arabs go to war, they know that someone is going to come to their rescue and they will recover their lost territories. They are becoming the spoiled nations of the world. They can permit themselves to do anything they want, thanks to oil interests and big-power politics. Suppose we Israelis demanded unconditional surrender or said we would not return an inch of soil. We would be accused of lack of realism...
...Israel itself, because they would be a fifth column. Even if you gave the refugees the freedom to choose between repatriation and compensation, they would not be free to accept compensation. I am sure the Fatah would see to it that each refugee-even if he did not want to return-would be forced to say that he did want to come back. All of a sudden Israel would be forced into a situation where its internal security would be threatened...
...Desert Island Discs, a popular BBC radio program that asks celebrities what books and records they would want with them on the proverbial desert island, the questions were put to Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, 82. No problem with the book. Montgomery unhesitatingly chose his own History of Warfare, emphasizing that its most valuable passages deal with "how we could stop people fighting." That question is now foremost in his mind. Asked to choose his favorite disc, the old soldier could not decide between The Battle Hymn of the Republic and Oh, For the Wings of a Dove...
...robbers." After 17 years of New York's Attica State Prison (and a lifetime total of more than 35 years in jail), Willie ("The Actor") Sutton, a tired, sick old man of 68, was ready with some wistful reminiscing of his own. "People don't seem to want to work hard for anything any more," said Willie. "Years ago, cons used to approach me in various prison yards and ask me to lay out a bank job for them. But not lately. These young kids don't believe in hard work." Though Sutton's own hard...
...course or face the loss of their operator's licenses. Each Wednesday night as many as 130 offenders gather in a courtroom for classes that begin with Stewart's description of the Christmas Eve tragedy. "I'm afraid of you," he says. "I don't want you to kill me and my wife." He shows films depicting accidents so bloody that occasionally a student gags and rushes from the room...