Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...including the renunciation of the section of the PLO charter that calls for the destruction of Israel. A cessation of aid to Israel, without any comparable censure of the Palestinians, forces Israel to the bargaining table in an untenably weak position. Instead of blindly legislating the creation of a Palestinian state, we must ensure that any agreement guarantees Israel's security. Without compromise on both sides, peace will not truly be attained...
...such 19th century social realists as Dickens and Balzac. In nearly 40 novels and a dozen story collections, he has dealt with the social and political upheavals Egypt has experienced during his lifetime. His main contribution, says Sasson Somekh, a visiting professor of Arabic literature at Princeton, is the "creation of a new Egyptian style" that combines the narrative manner of classic texts such as The Thousand and One Nights with contemporary subject matter...
...Washington must do is make sure that available money is carefully targeted and intelligently spent. Local governments have already taken the lead in offering low-interest loans or tax-exempt bonds to finance housing construction. By providing loans to developers and easing building codes, San Diego has spurred the creation of five new SRO hotels, where tenants pay from $240 to $390 a month. In New York City last week, local officials joined with a community-development group to finance the construction of 1,000 apartments for low-income families; $25 million of the $80 million cost was raised from...
Liberty Village, the commercial heart of Flemington, is somewhat of a surprise. Meandering over several acres of former farmland, the pleasant re- creation of a colonial marketplace boasts wide brick sidewalks, several luncheon stops and plenty of rest rooms. Long gone are the pipe racks and jumbled bins of second-quality merchandise in dusty warehouses. Since the manufacturers are selling their own goods, the stores are well stocked and well organized. Says Jean Smith, the manager of Liberty Village: "Mostly we have last season's styles and production overruns." Indeed, "Flemington is not competing with K mart," says Fran Durst...
...public fuss over the First Lady's finery started in November 1981 after she voluntarily informed the White House staff that she had been accepting clothes as gifts, including a $25,000 Galanos creation that she wore to the 1981 Inauguration. She asked whether this was wrong. White House attorneys advised that she could accept clothes as loans but would have to disclose them...