Word: favorable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those fears, grounded in the Holocaust and in the four wars that Israel has fought in the past 30 years, remain strong today. Whatever the explanation (sociologists favor such terms as "Holocaust complex," "Massada complex" and, since the 1973 war, "October complex"), there is clearly an acute sense of suspicion and concern at work in Israeli society. Public opinion tends to the extreme and fluctuates wildly. Thus 90% of the Israelis thought during Sadat's November visit that peace with Egypt was possible; now 60% believe there will be another war within ten years. Yet there remains agreement that...
...known for years that substantial reserves were available off the East Coast. With the price of new oil virtually deregulated, those finds have become all the more desirable. Though the Supreme Court decision set no precedent, the oilmen hope it may move other courts to rule in their favor in a case involving those lease tracts in the Georges Bank area, 100 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Mass., that are still blocked...
...negotiable demands for increased personal attention, intensive career planning, openness with information. Scratch any chief executive officer and he will say that compared with their older supervisors, managers aged 27 to 35 are not only more determined to enjoy their personal lives but also more socially aware, more in favor of affirmative action to hire women and minorities...
...also would be serious difficulties in defining who was qualified to receive the job subsidy and in guarding against fraud. The plans have run into stiff opposition from union leaders, who fear that federal subsidy for young workers would tempt companies to lay off older, more experienced hands in favor of hiring the cheaper young...
...Unmarried Woman, the director leaves his favorite turf, swinging Southern California, for the less laid-back precincts of Manhattan. He has the terrain down pat. The film unfolds in chic SoHo lofts, Upper East Side high-rises and glittery mock-deco bars. The characters are people who favor art by Paul Davis, go to sleep to the purr of the cable-TV news ticker, wear Adidas sneakers when jogging and fall in lust while shopping at Bloomingdale's. They are well-intentioned people, but they have a sad habit of wounding each other. Mazursky -whose sensibility is half John...