Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hard question: Should the Palestinians over the long term have the right of self-determination, which could mean federation with Jordan but more likely would mean full independence? The Palestinians demand self-determination as their due. The Arab states support their cause, in part because they think the creation of a Palestinian state would reduce internal political pressure on their own regimes. Begin's government opposes the concept absolutely. One reason is Begin's deeply rooted belief that Jews have a right to settle anywhere in Eretz Yisrael, which includes present-day Israel, the West Bank and Gaza...
American Administrations have always opposed creation of a federal agency that could wind up monopolizing oil imports, but some congressional leaders, like Ohio Democrat Charles Vanik, now call for setting one up. Vanik argues that a national buying agent could help lower OPEC prices, although there is no evidence that European deals have had that effect...
Jackson added, however, that the committee will be "a positive step" toward the eventual creation of a center, which the Third World Center Committee has estimated would cost $45,000 a year to operate, in addition to building renovation costs...
Mitchell T. Rabkin, general director of Beth Israel, said yesterday, "The creation of a single department of medicine would give both facilities a broader base and a greater depth of services than they could ever muster on their...
...trauma of Ezera's experience, it is not an isolated example of Black overreaction. Other recent examples include the use of capitalization in Russell's editorial (e.g. "two security officers, on Black and one white," "70 people, 60 per cent Black and 40 per cent white," etc.); the demanded creation of ethnic studies departments in Chicano, Boricuan (Puerto Rican), Latin American, Asian American and Native American Studies; and the accusations (which were later dropped) against proposed Afro-Am Professor Lawrence W. Levine...