Word: counts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Begin, of course, also could ill afford to antagonize the U.S., which has been providing about $2 billion in aid annually to Israel. But in any disagreements with an American Administration, the Israelis could always count on considerable backing from the politically powerful U.S. Jewish community. American Zionist leaders had already been told by Begin's aides that after Camp David, they "might be called upon" to undertake a "massive" public relations campaign to defend Israel's position. But even with such backing inside...
...monkeys; five of the eight conceived, and four aborted in the second month or pregnancy. At the end of his study, five of the eight monkeys died because the dioxin killed their red and white cells. Surviving monkeys evidenced massive hemoragghing and extremely low red and white blood cell count...
...Count Finck von Finckenstein, the consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Boston, presented the award to Goldman on behalf of West German president Walter Scheel. The decoration cited Goldman's "contributions towards fostering German-American relations...
...acting, with the exception of Strang and Wilkins, is overdone and the delicate, sincere moments are lost in superficial sighs. Strang is convincing, making her presence in the drama count, and the overblown Wilkins (no pun intended) can never really overact the part of an asshole as intolerable as Bernie...
Senate majority leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) said Saturday that the fight to pass the compromise is "virtually over the top." A "conservative" count lists 49 votes in favor of the bill, 37 opposed and 14 "question marks," Byrd said...