Word: isolationism
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To make money in South Africa today is not just to profit from the economic opportunities created by institutionalized racism, but perhaps worse, is to contribute to the continued vitality of a regime of state terror. The movement urging the disinvestment of American capital from South Africa, and divestment from...
There were vague indications that Iran might have played a role in Weir's sudden release. His kidnapers have been linked to al Dawa, a militant pro- Iranian party with followers in Lebanon, which has insistently demanded freedom for the prisoners in Kuwait. There was also speculation that Weir might...
The long periods of isolation aboard the Jackson only make starker the realization that confronts every member of the armed services who actually fingers a nuclear trigger: a single squeeze would change the world forever. Farmer, for one, has thought through endless contingencies, including the nightmare of losing contact with...
Another aspect of Falwell's crusade has received less attention but is at least as important in its implications. He is mobilizing and altering the consciousness of that once insular component of American religion known as Fundamentalism. Before Falwell, Fundamentalist preachers denounced evil in "the world" in order to compel...
Others disagree vehemently. Says Cuban-born Carol Pendas Whitten, head of the ^ Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education: "If parents want to preserve the native language, that's fine, but I do not think it should be the role of the school." Another opponent is Bill Honig, California...