But, if we are well trained, the underwater part of things is not really as harsh as you might think.

The events of any isolated year can be made to seem exceptionally grim, but one has to peer hard to find elevating moments in 1980.

Any weapon could stand up to severe weather conditions.

The harshness of recent reality disentranced him from his idleness.

All of which only underscores for Israelis the grim logic of developments in the region.