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Word: closedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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This banishment from study, although not the damage it has caused, may be coming to an end. Yielding to pressure from the U.S. and its own citizens, the Israeli government decided earlier this month to reopen a limited number of West Bank schools starting July 22. While the first six...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Plight of Palestinian Schools | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Since most West Bank schools were first closed in February 1988, many Palestinian youngsters have hardly seen the inside of a normal classroom. A generation of six- and seven-year-olds have been growing up illiterate. Some have studied sporadically at "underground" schools set up by Palestinian activists in isolated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Plight of Palestinian Schools | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Teachers have also paid a steep price during the suspension of classes. Starting in January, Israel placed 8,000 teachers employed by the government (out of a total of 9,300 overall) on half pay. Even when they are at full salary, these men and women make only about $4...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Plight of Palestinian Schools | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

Despite the measures taken last week, Israeli officials continue to defend the original decision to shut down the schools in the West Bank. "The schools were closed not because we wanted them closed, but because they became a hotbed for violent activities," says Barukh Binah, spokesman for the Israeli mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Plight of Palestinian Schools | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

No beach. No closed doors at the nation's oldest university. A memory of the summer's first real heat wave is all that's left.

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Summer at Harvard, and the Heat is On | 7/28/1989 | See Source »

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