Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years after the Syrians Lebanon to end its civil war, peace seems as elusive as ever. Last fighting once again broke out between Christian militiamen in the eastern of Beirut and Syrian forces, who the area with rockets, mortars and artillery in an effort to dislodge them. The Syrians have tried to stabilize the country maintaining a balance of power?initially, by moving against an insurgent Palestinian and Muslim left, more recently by attacking pro-Israeli Christians who threaten to partition the country. But for Syrian President Hafez Assad, Lebanon threatens to become a Viet Nam: by pulling his forces...
...Syria?sometimes benevolent, often harsh?represents the will of Assad. When there was widespread criticism of corruption last year, he took a hard look at the influence buying of top government officials by free-spending entrepreneurs and fired his Premier, the Deputy Premier, a score of high-ranking civil servants and about a hundred more of lower rank...
...Henry James. "He arrived at his proper point of view through the spirit of objective realism, aesthetic autonomy, respect for feeling and epiphany in common life, that he found in their writings." Evans claimed he saw in himself the combination of two people, Parisian street photographer Atget and Civil War photographer and historian Matthew Brady. In fusing these roles Evans became a kind of historian of society, recording the social "facts" of his environment. He created an independant vision in which everything was concrete and lucidly described, yet at the same time remained indefinite, almost mystical in quality. Evans' photographs...
...siege mentality among the Italian people. Not only are bankers, captains of industry and politicians subject to abduction and killing, but virtually anybody suspected of being even comfortably "borghese" has become a possible target, as evidenced by the recent series of attacks on conservative newspaper editors and middle-level civil servants...
...hours each way to visit his wife. So they staked out the hospital parking lot, jotted down license numbers of male motorists who looked as if they might be expectant fathers and traced them through Britain's motor licensing bureau. How? "By subterfuge, even bribery!" speculated an angry civil servant. The Express soon narrowed the search to Brown, and a cheek with neighbors confirmed that his wife was pregnant. EXCLUSIVE, the Express screamed on July 11, BABY OF THE CENTURY. The paper did not name the parents of the century, but most other details were there. Gloats Express Editor...