Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among Jewish leaders interviewed last week by TIME, the euphoria of Sadat's visit in November to Jerusalem has waned, and been replaced by the old familiar weariness with an ancient conflict that never ends. Says Robert Blumenthal, assistant director of the American Jewish Committee of Los Angeles: "The community is tired of 30 years of drained emotion. We can still raise funds for Israel, but it looks like Sadat is trying to divide the Jewish community...
...arts ideal. It is hard to persuade students who want revolutionary change in American society that they should first immerse themselves in the cultural life of a society they believe is fundamentally corrupt. Radicals have charged that political ideas always underlay the concept of a liberal arts education. The conflict between liberal education and radical education is a question that has to be resolved before discussions of requirements can take place...
Fisher taught his conflict-solving theory to a group of international diplomats and government officials in Vienna last fall, and he has been a consultant to both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He now advises the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency...
Fisher gives his students the same chance to change history, if only in a small way. Students in Soc Sci 174 must write a 15-page memorandum to someone in a position to do something constructive about an international conflict, telling that person what he or she can do immediately to help the situation. Well-written memorandums are actually sent off to their targets, with a cover letter from Fisher...
Fisher emphasizes that he is not teaching pure conflict-solving theory, but a theory of how to deal actively with international problems. "In most courses students come in, sit down, and say 'Do it to me, teach me,' like it was a massage parlor," he says. "Here they have to take an active role, and that requires a lot more concentration and effort...