Word: hamadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outlawed Palestinian flag, three young men dash out the back door and flee down the narrow alleyway. When the Israeli soldiers hurl a stone through the open window, two middle-aged women cower on the bed, rocking back and forth in terror. "God help us," pleads Umm Hamada, 45, desperately rubbing her hands together...
Things are little better in California, which produces nearly half of America's fruits and vegetables. The Golden State's farm exports dropped 28% from 1981 to 1983, to $3 billion. Bob and Kathleen Hamada, who grow plums and seedless grapes for raisins on 100 acres in Kingsburg in the San Joaquin Valley, are typical of hard-pressed California farmers who have decided to call it quits. The Hamadas have been trying to sell their farm since mid-1983 but so far have attracted only nibbles. Kathleen, 23, has taken a part-time job as a cashier in a movie...