Word: als
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...divided families argued over whether to stay or go, Jones saw part of his congregation slipping away. Al Simon, father of three, wanted to take his children back to America. "No! No! No!" screamed his wife. Someone whispered to her: "Don't worry, we're going to take care of everything." Indeed, as reporters learned later from survivors, Jones had a plan to plant one or more fake defectors among the departing group, in order to attack them. He told some of his people that the Congressman's plane "will fall...
Disregarding Jimmy Carter's pleas to both sides that they refrain from publicity blitzes and rhetorical upstaging, Sadat decided to force the timetable issue by going public. He authorized Cairo's semiofficial newspaper al Ahram to publish the text of the peace treaty, apparently in an effort to show Sadat's suspicious Arab colleagues that Egypt was attempting to bargain for the good of all the Arab states. The immediate effect was to prompt the U.S. State Department to release the official American version of the draft to the press (see box). Washington also released the text...
Despite the anger and disillusionment, a number of Gaza's leaders are unmistakably moderate. Rashad al-Shawa, mayor of the town of Gaza (pop. 118,000) generally favors compliance with the Camp David accords, "but there must be some modifications." His most important demands: 1) participation by the Palestine Liberation Organization in the negotiations; 2) clarification of the status of the West Bank and Gaza following the five-year interim period; 3) assurances that the Israelis will dismantle their settlements and build no more...
...even if Gaza finally achieves some kind of self-government, its leaders must still find ways of pacifying the dispossessed who dream of returning to their old homes in Israel. "We will have to provide them with places to live in Gaza to help them forget," says Mayor al-Shawa. "And we will have to convince them somehow that they have not moved away from Palestine, but have merely moved from one part of it to another...
Harvard dominated the 440 when Chris Nicodemus grabbed first place and Al Harrington made a desperation dive to take second in a photo-finish...