Word: followers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only her first long letter to Bell, but her first such letter to any man outside her immediate family. She was desperate to impress her new relation, but was desperately unsure how to go about it. What is interesting is that she does not follow her own prescription and speak her mind, but relies instead on her artfulness to attract Bell's attention...
Politically, the Israeli Arabs are divided. Some faithfully follow, their apolitical clan sheiks, who are primarily concerned about keeping their villages prosperous and cohesive. Others are strong supporters of Jordan's King Hussein. Since active supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization are barred from campaigning in Israeli
After the women's stories move to this country, they tend to follow a similar pattern. First an eager attempt to combine ten-hour days in sweat shops with night school or high school, then surrender to the necessities of existence, to marriage, to children, and finally, in most cases, to prosperity. Here the stories fade, but you can still fill in the details-vacations in Florida, presidencies of ladies auxiliaries, retirement. The metamorphosis from rebellious young woman, clamoring for education, to the more familiar image of Jewish grandmother, gloating over snapshots of her grandchildren, seems complete...
These statistics follow some others that are every bit as unsettling, but in a different way. According to a study by the National Academy of Sciences, death rates are reportedly rising in some nations, mainly in central Africa and southern Asia, suggesting that an inevitable equalizer-famine-has begun its macabre work. Plainly, the U.S., which produces and consumes a disproportionate share of the world food supply, will come under ever increasing pressure to share more of its agricultural bounty...
Longer-term prospects for U.S. fishermen look brighter. The unilateral extension of U.S. jurisdiction to 200 miles will inevitably prompt other nations to follow suit, causing sweeping changes in traditional fishing patterns. (The United Nations Law of the Sea Conference has yet to take any multilateral action.) Nations with short coastlines, like Poland and East Germany, could find themselves sharply restricted as to where they can fish, and new markets for U.S.-caught fish could open...