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Sumini says the low-key tactics the women use, rather than brusque confrontation, have been effective in getting people to change their habits.

“Zarqa” has a madcap urgency to it, partly because the episodes are barely 10 minutes long and partly because of Zarqa, who is brusque and driven and tends to stir up drama.

As always, Reggie was on duty at the check-in desk, and when they reached the door, he greeted them with a brusque, “Shoes!”

That attitude has served “Hacks” and its brusque diva Deborah well, not to mention giving Jean Smart the best role of her career.

After serving in the army in the occupied West Bank, where he grew increasingly uncomfortable with the brusque way soldiers treated Palestinians, he returned to the kibbutz with new eyes.