Word: communale
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Backing away from the plebiscite, Marcos said that he had tried to give the Philippines a "smiling martial law." But his regime has grown increasingly uneasy in recent weeks. Last month Imelda Marcos, the President's wife, was injured by a knife-wielding assailant at a public gathering. Communal violence between Moslems and Christians in Mindanao and Sulu has also flared up (TIME...
...poverty), there remain considerable numbers of Indians who are undernourished, unable to afford medical treatment, and who do not have homes. Mrs. Gandhi agreed, but remarked that banishing poverty was "not a thing for which one can specify a definite date." She also called for an India free of communal hostilities, economic exploitation and backwardness. These words have been heard before, and as expected, the party hammered out no new programs. The lack of action gave some credence to the editorial charge by the Times of India that the party leaders believe that "the best that can be done when...
...perform their initiation rites, strip down, loosen muscles, get into their uniforms. In Act II, they come off the field of combat, boy-toy soldiers, some broken (George Lithgow) all muddy and bloody. In Act III, after a late-minute victory, they are roaring, towel-flipping conventioneers with a communal shower for champagne...
...founder of Israel's first kibbutz, or communal settlement, Shmuel Dayan* was often in an exultant mood. His enthusiasm reflected the spirit of other Utopian experiments-virtually all of which failed. Now, in Israel's 25th year, the conditions that sustained the kibbutz in its early days have changed, and some Israelis are questioning whether their experiment can last...
...motivation when the State of Israel was founded in 1948; they had long regarded their settlements and way of life as essential to the establishment of the new nation. Ever since that goal was reached, the kibbutzim have had trouble recruiting members willing to make the sacrifice that communal living demands...