Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Another element of Israeli policy in the West Bank that has embittered Arabs is the unequal, and sometimes brutal, enforcement of the law, For example, if Jewish settlers protesting against government actions assault Israeli soldiers, they are likely to receive little or no punishment. For a similar offense. Arab students would probably face still jail sentences or sizeable fines. Arab offenders are often verbally abused and in a few cases physically mistreated by their Israeli jailers...
...inflationary pressures of Pentagon procurement are perhaps the most worrisome element of the big Reagan buildup. Inflation has been coming down sharply in recent months, and last week the Labor Department reported a drop of .1% in. producer prices during February, the sharpest decline in six years. Surging defense spending could undo much of that progress...
These revelations take on an even more ridiculous aura in light of the excuse the Administration put forth for not backing the Mexican peace plan for El Salvador. "The Mexican plan," a senior government official said Saturday, "lacks a crucial element--a commitment by the Nicaraguans that they'll keep the hell out of their neighbors affairs...
...team triumphs despite the pains of academics. Kean will have a lot to do with it. The Cohasset, Mass, native a two-time recipient of All-American honorable mention, has been the key element in the teams' success both on the water and in the clubhouse. Ken Legler, the sailing coach at Tufts, calls Kean easily one of the five best skippers in New England, and Horn raves about the captain's leadership abilities. "He has done an awful lot to teach his skills to others and has worked towards bringing the team together as a unit," Horn says...
...premises of the democratic process is that the loser accepts his defeat and in return is given an opportunity to win on another occasion. It depends on a moderate center whose evolution is almost inevitably thwarted in a developing country when a totalitarian element succeeds in organizing a guerrilla war. This impels the government into acts of repression, starting a vicious circle that traps both government and opponents and destroys whatever moderate center exists-fulfilling the central purpose of the insurgency. Moreover, the victims of terrorist attacks are almost invariably the ablest and most dedicated officials, leaving in place...