Word: hardships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...extension of the deadline does not apply to the thousands of Arabs who once filled the dreary Palestine refugee camps, sapping the economy and disturbing the peace of the West Bank. Those professional refugees are not wanted back under any conditions. But Israel is perfectly willing to admit "hardship cases" -such as children separated from their parents. And it is willing to continue the return flow of legitimate farmers, shopkeepers and tradesmen who can contribute to the economy of their homeland. The applications of at least 21,000 such refugees have already been approved, but more than...
...Wages of Sin. At local levels, the Viet Cong bureaucracy has some obvious virtues. Whereas the South Vietnamese government tends to pull the best civil servants into Saigon and sends the worst to hardship duty in the boondocks, the Viet Cong, with only hardship...
...found "obvious evidence of severe malnutrition." Two weeks ago, Freeman undertook his own "look, learn and listen" excursion to Mississippi and Alabama as part of a four-state tour to study rural problems. His conclusion: while progress is being made in food distribution and other programs, very real hardship exists. "Our job," he said, "is to reach every American with an adequate diet. The food is available. The machinery to get it to them is becoming increasingly effective...
...newspapers. "The gallant fighters of the Tank Corps," explain the ads, "appreciate a good cup of tea as the most invigorating drink. That is why the designer of the famous British Centurion provided facilities for the crews to brew tea inside their tanks. A good soldier will endure every hardship, but he will not give up his glass of tea. Wissotzky Tea, of course...
...Hardship Case. Japan has always excused such policies by pleading "special hardships" involved in nursing its war-shattered industrial base back to health. But the pleas sound hollow now that Japan is the world's sixth-ranked industrial nation. And since Japan in 1964 joined the prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the 23-member OECD "club" has made it clear that the Japanese should begin reciprocating in the international exchange of capital...