Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Preliminary fund-raising began last June in the Boston area, but further Boston efforts have been delayed until November to avoid conflict with a similar drive planned by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Gold said...
...relaxation of political demands and social structures comes at a time when President Carter's emphasis on human rights and his pressure on the Israeli government to soften its line vis-a-vis the Palestinians has focused greater attention than ever before on specifics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The issue of Israeli settlements on the West Bank, allegations of torture raised against the Israeli military authorities by Palestinians and Red Cross workers, and louder murmurs of distrust among Third World states due to Israel's friendship with South Africa, are all facets of this new attention...
During this infancy period, the arms manufacturers established certain industrial forms and business practices that continue to this day. The manufacturers sold on an international scale; whether the customer was an ally or a likely enemy, one or both combatants in a conflict, the firms sold to all who paid "an honest price." The companies usually sold more weaponry as exports than they did to their home governments...
...fast-growing Wantok moved to a new and larger plant, the Australian-owned Post-Courier decided to assert its exclusive right to the comic strip, and the local distributor pulled The Phantom from Wan-tok. Says Father Frank Mihalic, editor of Wantok: "I don't see any conflict with the Post-Courier. Because of translation problems, we're always behind them." In Australia, the Religious Press Association charged the affair was "one more tragedy to add to Australia's use of post-colonial stewardship," and appealed on behalf of Wantok to Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock. He eventually...
...John P. Reardon Jr. '60 as Harvard's director of athletics has settled one of the University's more embarrassing controversies, but the problems in the Athletic Department are not over. The inexcusable delay and non-stop politicking that preceded Reardon's selection demonstrate that the department still faces conflicting demands for its limited resources, from both adherents of a strong intercollegiate program and those who favor more intramural and recreational facilities for undergraduates and graduate students alike. This conflict, which in part forced the University's first choice as athletic director to withdraw from consideration for the post last...