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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pipes. Attracted by ads in the Israeli press and in the Observer of London, some 5,000 volunteers from 28 different countries traveled to Israel at their own expense over a two-year period to help professional archaeologists in a massive excavation of Masada. During the two-week stint allowed to each of the amateur archaeologists, they rose at 4:30 a.m. and worked ten-hour days in temperatures that ranged from below freezing to more than 90° F. The volunteers lived at the base of Masada in tents that were occasionally blown away by fierce desert winds, used...
Israeli archaeologists are still studying the wealth of artifacts unearthed at Masada, but have already learned enough to establish that Josephus was indeed a worthy reporter. The dates on both Roman and Jewish coins help confirm when the Jewish revolt against Rome began (A.D. 66), and when the Zealots died. The three-tiered, mosaic-floored villa and ceremonial palace built by Herod and later occupied by the Zealots also conform closely to the descriptions of Josephus...
...charging service industries $3.50 a week per male employee, the controversial S.E.T. was supposed to help channel more labor into tax-subsidized manufacturing jobs. Instead, service industries have added the tax to their prices and kept their help-while manufacturing employment has dwindled. All by itself, the S.E.T. has so far boosted the cost of living by 0.5%, according to Treasury estimates. Though pledged with the advent of North Sea natural gas to push Britain toward a cheap-energy policy, the government this month raised the price of nationalized electricity...
Management has hardened because of rising costs and declining profits, and is inclined to suffer strikes, especially those that help to clear away excess inventories. Union attitudes have stiffened both because the labor market is tight and because of increased militancy on the part of the rank and file. Most union members are in a better position this year to sit out a strike. A Detroit striker who is drawing benefits from the United Auto Workers and has some money in his bank account was inclined to welcome the chance to watch the World Series on television and to take...
Satisfied Customers. Besides having expert engineering, Bufete stands ready to choose a plant location, procure equipment, materials and accessories to go into the building, construct it and help start the plant operation. The organization will even help clients find financing. Says Mendoza: "All of this is the American concept-and it works...