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Adiv, however, had grown up in a kibbutz composed of dedicated socialists, and for some reason had plunged deeper and deeper into radical politics. First, Adiv became a member of the Israel Socialist Union, generally called Matzpen (Compass) after its publication. The group is revolutionary socialist and condemns Jewish colonialists for seizing all of Palestine from the Arabs. Two years ago, Adiv formed the Revolutionary Communist Alliance-Red Front, which has world revolution as an ill-defined goal, and enrolled a dozen members. Among them were Dan Vered, 28, a fellow Sabra and a high school math teacher...
...last two minutes is this alone. Kari pushes on in Minnesota while the others stop, seeking the best possible farmland for his family. He cuts his way through miles of forest until he reaches the meadows by the shores of Lake Ki-Chi-Saga. Troell cuts with a compass to four views of the land the Swede has chosen. And after Karl has chopped the bark of a tree to mark his claim, knowing that he has done right by all and enchanted by his prospects, he naps. As the camera hovers inches from his face, he also smiles, with...
...poltergeist had suddenly gone on a global rampage. At higher latitudes, large glowing streaks and patches of light appeared in the nighttime sky. Short-wave radio communications were disrupted, compass needles danced dizzily back and forth, and utilities braced for stray surges of current that could knock out their power lines. Even the navigational ability of pigeons was believed to be temporarily impaired. These strange doings were not the work of an earthly ghost, but had their source in very real events occurring some 93 million miles away. With no forewarning, the sun underwent a series of violent eruptions that...
...contest was billed as the best two out of three races. In the first, Stevens steered to a 1 hr. 15 min. victory, using a compass that his father had won as a trophy in 1910. The second race was in fog and light airs, but Kathi Anne proved fast enough on any heading, in any wind: she won by 36½ min. There was no third race-only rejoicing among Lunenburg Bluenoses and pride in their tradition of family craftsmanship...
...recent warm evening in Key West, Fla., a sandy-haired, blue-eyed teen-age boy swam ashore carrying a compass, knife and can opener. He later appeared at a highway-patrol office and told the authorities, tearfully, that he did not know...