Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday, students from Hillel, the South Asian Association (SAA), Black Students Association (BSA), Harvard Philippine Forum (HPF), the Japan Society, the Society of Arab Students (SAS), Chinese Student Association (CSA) and the Asian-American Association (AAA) among others, participated in the program...
...climate of increased tensions with Arab states following hard-line Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election in May has forced Israeli commanders to face an urgent question: after 14 years without a full-fledged war--the longest such period in the country's history--is Israel ready for battle? The answer, many officers privately concede, is, not quite. So the military is moving rapidly to a war footing. "In the last few years, because of the peace process, we took some chances," says a military official. "But now the possibility of war is up, so we have to build...
...when Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, 44, enters through a side door, he ignores formalities, proffers a friendly handshake, and talks frankly with a journalist for two hours--acts normally taboo in cloistered Arab monarchies. He breezily inquires, "Can you come to lunch Saturday...
...other five Arab oil rulers, average age 69, are concerned that Qatar's policies may fan a desire for change within their own realms. Some of the friction comes from the new Emir's refusal to follow the lead of Saudi Arabia--by custom, elder brother to the small oil sheikdoms. And, sniffs a neighboring prince, "overthrowing his father in this way...Let's just say it was not well received...
...will avenge his blood" as they walked amid heavy security from the site of Rabin's shooting on the steps of city hall to the hospital where he died 90 minutes later. Rabin's assassination, at the hands of a nationalist Jew opposed to his peace efforts with the Arabs, occurred on November 4, but according to the Hebrew calendar the one-year anniversary fell Wednesday. Since the assassination, the peace efforts have been strained and the chasm between Israelis who support the land-for-peace formula and those opposed to it have increased. Earlier this year, four suicide bombings...