Word: kibbutz
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...uses the telephone to track down clients and commissions. When he is on vacation, he turns to an electronic metal detector and searches for another kind of treasure: ancient coins and other artifacts. Last month, as he neared the end of a visit with his married sister at the kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, the amateur archaeologist and numismatist had little to show for his efforts. With the help of his $160 metal detector, he had uncovered many sardine cans, bottle caps and shell casings, but no coins...
...pipe." Then the detector sounded off for another hit. More knife digging, and Leventhal was suddenly staring at what seemed to be curls on the back of a bronze head. He dug out the head, wrapped it in two T shirts and a towel, and went back to the kibbutz, where it was put on display in the dining hall...
Breastplate Combat. The Israeli Department of Antiquities rushed a district archaeologist to the kibbutz. He excitedly identified Leventhal's find as part of a statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian, who ruled from A.D. 117 to 138. Leventhal was reminded that according to Israeli law, he should have left his find in place until the official arrived. He responded that if he had not removed it, a passing tractor might well have chopped it to pieces. Besides, there was much more of the statue at the site. The sewer pipe, at first thought to be a leg, proved...
...Likud spokesman blasted the Alignment member for his tacit recognition of the PLO, whom terrorist he said, were responsible for murdering members of Kibbutz Shamir...
...Alignment member, referring to the Kibbutz movement's generally leftist ideological stance. "How can you, you tell us about Kibbutz Shamir. All honor to this Kibbutz movement. How do you dare talk like that...