Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chiredzi in southeastern Rhodesia, reports: "Spread out on two canvas aprons on the brown grass were two small heaps that looked like the remains from a weapons picnic or the last leftovers from some outdoor arms fair. There were a couple of rocket launchers, several assault rifles and ancient carbines, some mortars with rounds. The sad little arrangements were all there was to show from the drama and bravado of the week...
...made a ceremonial visit to Kaddum, a West Bank development sponsored by nationalist zealots of Gush Emunim (group of the faithful) that had never been approved by the Labor government. The devoutly religious members of Gush Emunim, most of whom supported Likud in the election, believe that all of ancient Samaria and Judea (meaning the entire West Bank) is part of Eretz Israel, and they intend to create "new facts" for the Jewish state by building even more new communities there. Says Binyamin Katzover, a founder of the Kaddum settlement: "In my life and the life of our people there...
...does indeed become Foreign Minister, his presence in the Cabinet will reinforce Begin's tough position on the occupied West Bank. Since the elections, Begin has repeated that the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are "liberated territories"-and talked of creating new settlements in the areas of ancient Samaria and Judea. Dayan feels pretty much the same way. Only last year, he told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin: "We should implement Jewish settlement everywhere in the Jordan Valley without restriction, but without driving away the Arabs or imposing ourselves on them." Dayan, however, is a good deal more subtle...
...Utah town and mows down a bicycling couple, the sheriff and a passel of deputies and a pert young teacher. Among the other victims: plot, dialogue and characterization. Deputy Sheriff James Brolin leads the counterattack, but it is an unequal contest: the car steals all the scenes. The ancient nightmare of machines turning against their masters has in recent years become something of a staple of made-for-TV movies. This model offers nothing new. It seems headed for the summer drive-in trade, where it can play to an appropriate audience - the blank, staring faces of hundreds of other...
...that his stand against surrendering the West Bank has been too consistent and unambiguous to make credible the belief that he might substantially change his view. Even if he wanted to, it is possible that too many of his supporters have such a passionate commitment to holding all of ancient Eretz Israel that he could not survive if he betrayed his pledges...