Word: brandes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entirely. Begin's recent moves to legalize three unauthorized Israeli settlements on the West Bank and to announce the creation of three brand new settlements have upset many U.S. Jews. Quite a few Reform and Conservative rabbis remain concerned, moreover, that Begin may impose an Orthodox religious tyranny in Israel at the expense of other branches of Judaism, not to mention other religions. In addition, says Leonard Beerman, "I'm frightened that the values of Judaism that have to do with civil rights and the rights of national minorities of small peoples to self-determination would be compromised...
...After testing over 700 compounds, they finally hit upon cimetidine. At present, their discovery has been approved for up to only eight-weeks' use by duodenal-ulcer patients and by victims of a few other diseases causing excessive acid secretion, like gastrinoma (tumors of the pancreas). Under the brand name Tagamet, the new drug should be available (on prescription only) by Labor Day. Cost of a four-to six-weeks' supply for the average course of therapy...
...trouble with the law. And if the elusive Mo's claims are to be believed, his sect is indeed prospering. He claims to have 8,000 missionaries at work in 80 countries and even to have made 2 million conversions. That is "the most explosive growth of a brand-new religious movement in history," says...
...admire Chris Evert's consistency and dedication. She makes a perfect cross-court smash. The picture flickers. Evert reappears selling a brand of sneakers. Damn, I think, why do they have to package Evert? But the truth is that the package and person...
...brand of discipline, when imposed, has helped to touch off riots in Cairo and intra-government disagreements in Peru. When the dictatorial Peruvian regime refused to impose IMF restrictions last month, both the head of the Central Bank and the Finance Minister resigned in protest. No doubt the IMF and the private banks will reach an accommodation with Peru, possibly by stretching out debt repayments...