Word: ethnics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...instrumental in fashioning a bilaterally acceptable proposition for the 1962 U.S.-USSR nuclear test ban, and has continued to protest against the arms race. As his consciousness of the human rights issue has increased, he has championed the cause of political prisoners and oppressed peoples all over the world--ethnic minorities in the USSR, Indonesians, Afghans, Palestinians, and many persecuted Russian dissidents--and won the Nobel Peace Prize...
Cicero can claim some recent ethnic diversification. About 5,000 Mexican Americans live on the shabby eastern edge of town, a sort of buffer with black west Chicago. Some 400 Asians live in Cicero as well. "Slant-eyed people may look funny," says a white Cicero truck driver, "but they work hard, stick to themselves, and keep their places clean...
...woman who played Natalie Jastrow was supposed to be about 33, "a big, dark Jewish girl," in Wouk's words. He wanted her so Jewish-looking that her ethnic background would be immediately obvious in several key scenes. The choice: MacGraw, who, though she claims some Jewish ancestry, does not look Jewish. She is honest enough to admit to being 43, but she looks ten years younger...
...have been Gandhi political fiefs for decades, and her party was a clear favorite. Thus last week's defeat will surely weaken Mrs. Gandhi's authority over Congress (I). More important, it could spur internal Indian strife, lending strength to the nation's growing number of ethnic and political separatist movements...
...Ashkenazim who run the universities, hold most of the important government posts, and have a higher standard of living. Such charges hinge on subtleties, so their validity is difficult to judge. But a wedge is inserting itself between Israelis and must be removed in order to avoid ethnic chaos...