Word: citrus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have survived our own Bay of Pigs in Africa. The struggle continues, the victory certain. Fatherland or death!" They march in military fashion from their classrooms to their dormitory, and from there to nearby citrus groves to pick grapefruit...
...Roman Catholic Church, which represents half the population of Angola, has accused the government of violating constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms. The church complains that children are being sent to other Marxist states for education. About 60 young Angolans are in Cuba to study citrus-farming techniques, and 150 more attend schools there to learn both Spanish and Marxism-Leninism. The protests have provoked government jitters. Angola's principal newspaper, Jornal do Luanda, recently called for a "struggle against rumors and rumormongering" that might prove "destabilizing." And the death penalty, which was abolished by the Portuguese a century ago, has been...
Today the kibbutz is especially busy. As I spend the morning working in the citrus , I see Israeli warplanes flying overhead inpairs--probably Phantom jets or F-15s. The beauty of the Galilee Mountains contrasts sharply with the noises and reality of war. Later in the day, I hear several helicoptors landing near Hanita. The kibbutz's dirt road is freshly marked with tank tracks...
...retired amateur golfers wearing CAT-Deisel hats turned their heads and smiled with bare tolerance at the sexy young "thang," cast some bawdy aspersions, and returned their thoughts to the giant plastic orange propped up over the citrus fruit shop. We had stopped at "The Orange Ring...
While in the Citrus State, the linksters will be staying in St. Augustine where they will play their daily eighteen over the Ponce de Leon Golf Club. On the way back, the team will detour through South Carolina, where it will play at Hilton Head Island and in Charlestown against the Baptist College of Charlestown...