Word: astrakhans
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...Monotheisms. Yet the Khazars and their relationship to Judaism are not news to scholars and historians. There is general agreement that during the early 7th century these pagan tribesmen established a kingdom between the Black and Caspian seas. Their capital was Itil, near present-day Astrakhan, at the mouth of the Volga...
...wonders of the 1960s, already carries a load of almost $900 million in long-term debt, and has been forced by a deep profit slump to suspend dividends on its common stock for the past year. In their view, Hammer is trying to pull a rabbit out of an astrakhan hat in order to revive his company's fortunes...
Over lunch in a Washington restaurant, a senior Soviet diplomat turned to a U.S. acquaintance. "You Americans are top dogs who are going down fast," he said. "We are underdogs coming up fast. We have Pompidou and Brandt going to Moscow. Heath is coming to get his astrakhan hat, and he might even get a keg of vodka too. They are turning our way. They are trying to strike bargains because they know we are moving up and you are moving down...
Health officials are still uncertain how the epidemic got its start. The first confirmed outbreak occurred a month ago in the Soviet port of Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea, where 352 cases have been reported. At about the same time, El Tor also cropped up in Egypt. After that, the disease spread rapidly, partly as an unhappy dividend from the Middle East conflict. Soviet sailors returning from Egyptian ports may have carried El Tor to the Soviet Black Sea ports of Odessa and Kerch, where 101 cases have been reported. More recently, the disease has cropped up in Jordan, Iraq...
...last week in the Lebanese town of Chtaura and agreed on regulations that make cholera vaccinations compulsory for travelers between the three countries. Israeli health officials began demanding that all persons crossing from Jordan into Israel be immunized prior to entry. The Soviets went even farther. Travel to Astrakhan and Odessa was restricted, cutting the cities off from the rest of the country, and all but essential trips to Black Sea vacation areas were curtailed. Soviet citizens were warned to take precautions with their food and water supplies...