Word: homelands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exile. Recalls Blake: "He was unexpectedly approachable, despite the fact that he was agonized by the ordeal of his expulsion." Invited to revisit the author at his home in Cavendish, Vt., Blake found him "more robust, infinitely more at ease, though he remains profoundly attached to his homeland. Even the 50-acre property on which he spends his days has the distinctive wild look of his beloved Russia...
...initiate a new peace process in which the Palestinians are guaranteed in advance the satisfaction of their right as a people--no less than any other people, including Jewish Israelis--to national self-determination. Moreover, this right must be extended to all Palestinians, whether in exile from their homeland, on the West Bank and Gaza, or in Israel. Although my personal belief is that this must eventually be accomplished within the framework of a unitary, democratic, secular state in Palestine, that is a matter for the disputants of the conflict to settle. Thirdly, and this follows from the above...
...Chilean poet in exile. He publishes a literary magazine out of Los Angeles-- Literatura Chilena en El Exicilio-- and organizes efforts against the Pinochet government there. Harberger says the government branded his brother-in-law's passport with an L, which means that he can never return to his homeland while the Pinochet junta is in power...
...colored turbans and baggy trousers, the men were indistinguishable from the thousands of other Afghans who have fled into Pakistan as refugees. At night, though, in the amber glow of their charcoal braziers, the bearded faces turned as fierce as their vows of continued "holy war" to rid their homeland of the Soviet invader. "O mujahidin,"shouted a wizened tribal elder across the campfire, "even with only our curved swords, we must fight to the death...
...feared that the Soviets might use their new base in Afghanistan to encourage unrest among the Pushtun and Baluch peoples who populate the border areas and are openly hostile to the Pakistan government. A major fear was that the Soviets might sponsor a revolt by the Baluch, whose traditional homeland stretches along the Arabian Sea into eastern Iran. Such a breakaway by Baluchistan would give Moscow access to ports leading into the Indian Ocean, threaten the Persian Gulf oil supply routes, and probably lead to the end of Pakistan as a viable state...