Word: exoduses
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Modern medical techniques have been used many times to examine the remains of long-buried people. Studies of mummies have revealed that many ancient Egyptians had dental problems, arthritis, pneumonia and plague. Egypt's legendary Merneptah, the Pharaoh of the Hebrew Exodus, suffered from arteriosclerosis. But Lady Li's body is unquestionably the best preserved ever to be subjected to a full-fledged autopsy...
...heels of a retreating intruder. People are shifting away from the Lon Nol regime. By the scores refugees are heading out of Phnom-Penh and into new havens on the other side. Others are waiting for the bombing to stop on Aug. 15 before they join the exodus. Many of the middle class now would seem to welcome the end of the corrupt government of Lon Nol. "The first thing the insurgents will do is shoot the profiteers and the corrupt people," says one Khmer, "and that will be a good move...
...than 3.6 million East German citizens had fled westward, attracted by higher living standards and greater freedom. Ulbricht acted to stop this flood on Aug. 13, 1961, by ordering his soldiers to seal off East Berlin with the infamous 27-mile Berlin Wall. It was cruelly effective: the mass exodus was stopped. Over the years police have killed and injured at least 168 East Germans trying to escape past the wall...
...agents argue that Nixon is trying to gain control of the agency for his own purposes and to "politicize" it. Echoing a common sentiment, one high-ranking agent says: "Nobody wants to work for a political hack." And, he adds, the retirements will grow to a mass exodus if the President picks another political appointee to head the bureau...
...Exodus. (1960) Leon Uris' tale of modern Israel's founding in a 25th anniversary showing. Then-blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo wrote the script under a fake name to avoid tinging this inspirational message in film with any insidious red influence. CH.56. 9 p.m. Color. 2 hrs. Part II same time Friday night...