Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...following his talk with Rosalynn Carter, Jordan called his staff together for a meeting. The group around the table looked awfully young, but they were tossing around big names: Mayor Abe Beame was aboard, one said, and that would help with the Jewish voters, and Chicago's Dick Daley was issuing compliments. Staffer Rick Hutchinson, who at 24 looks like one of the painters of Tom Sawyer's fence, spoke of Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton being the key to that state's uncommitted bloc and the chances he would deliver its nine delegates. There was talk about...
...also declares his admiration for James Schlesinger. I expected his next sentence to be: "Some of my best friends are sons of Jewish immigrants...
East, the degree of American political support is considered greater than at any time since the Jewish state was founded. Paradoxically, this extraordinary pledge to Israel's survival has left that country more dependent on Washington than ever, particularly in view of weekly attacks on Israel in the U.N. or its agencies, in which the U.S. is usually Jerusalem's lone defender...
...Jordanian passport. The idea of such a confederation might sound unrealistic, but then so have all the attempts of the past to find a solution. It is a clash between two societies, one emerging from a feudalistic framework and the other deeply rooted in democratic principles. When Jewish and Arab leaders meet, it is like a meeting between sea fish and gefilte fish. For us, democracy is a daily exercise; for the Arabs, democracy threatens to cause a social transformation. Indeed, a social revolution is taking place in the West Bank, where the Israeli-sponsored elections recently established a young...
...flesh-pressing 300-yard march up the town's main street. In Asturias, the royal couple put on miners' attire and spent 90 minutes inspecting a coal mine. Last week, in an extraordinary act for a Spanish Queen, Sofia smashed a 500-year-old tradition by attending Jewish religious services in a Madrid synagogue...