Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Full Responsibility. Meeting newsmen aboard his ship five days after the attack, Hebrew-speaking Greek Captain Marcos Moscos, 37, displayed the damage. Two of the shells had missed from a distance of less than 100 yds., and six did only superficial harm. But two compartments loaded with oil were hit; in one, a fire raged for 45 minutes. "We were lucky the ship didn't explode," said Moscos. "It didn't because we pumped more oil into the tank and kept gases from gathering. But the main credit...
...fact that Israel is not really one Jewish nation but an uncertain amalgam of Ashkenazic (European) and Sephardic (Oriental) Jews. The Sephardim (literally "Spaniards," though most are from North Africa or Asia) represent almost 65% of the Jewish population. The generally better-educated Ashkenazim ("Germans," in Old Hebrew), many of them descendants of the Polish and Russian Jews who founded Israel, rule the country. The Sephardim feel discriminated against because of their cultural shortcomings. Only 3% of all top government officials and 20% of the Knesset, or Parliament, are Sephardim. In the 18-man Cabinet, only Iraqi-born Police Minister...
Zero Humidity. Most Middle Eastern countries have learned to live with the problem. The Israelis, however, are trying to do something about it. A team headed by Professor Felix Gad Sulman of the Hebrew University's Department of Applied Pharmacology in Jerusalem has conducted a nine-year study that has not only identified the medical causes of the khamsin's curse but also devised treatment...
...majority of patients. Small doses of drugs called monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors aided the elderly by slowing the breakdown of adrenaline. Drugs that prevent serotonin buildup helped those adversely affected by the ionized air. So did the lonotron, a machine the size of a tabletop radio. Developed by Hebrew University scientists, the device supplies negative electricity to an indoor area, bringing relief to overcharged victims...
...become a victim of urban guerrilla warfare anywhere, and the Israeli Cabinet promptly backed Turkey's tough stand against his abductors. A 23-year veteran of Israel's police force, Elrom was born Ephraim Hofstaedter in Poland, but after becoming a diplomat in 1969, he adopted a Hebrew surname-as is required of its envoys by the Israeli foreign service. Former head of Israel's criminal investigation department, Elrom was a key figure in gathering the evidence on which Adolf Eichmann was convicted, and acted as one of Eichmann's principal pretrial interrogators. As a Western...