Word: lande
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...water, hesitating to jump in. All they need is a gentle push. And I think that such a push should come from Mr. Carter-on behalf of all the sympathizers of Israel in the U.S. -and others who are sick and tired of continuous war in the Holy Land...
TIME'S reasoned proposal for a just peace in the Middle East is basically the sort of settlement some of us have been advocating for a long time. But this peace must come soon. With astonishing rapidity, Israelis develop emotional and historical attachments to land they originally took for temporary security. Arabs, while remembering the glorious victories of past centuries, forget the devastating defeats of recent years with equal speed. Bruce Hardcastle Washington...
...groups. Farmers were disturbed because he had proposed lower price supports than a more generous Congress decided they merited. (At his press conference Carter expressed sympathy for the plight of many farmers but said that he would not have participated in their strike if he were still working the land in Sumpter County, Ga.) Labor was miffed because he did not put up protectionist walls against imports, and wanted him to endorse a larger increase in the minimum wage. Many women were antagonized by his opposition to federally paid abortions for the poor. Blacks and big-city mayors were upset...
...destination in the world. More than 13 million visitors came in 1976, and attendance in this year's fourth quarter is up 7.4% over a year ago. Moreover, the Disney complex, which grossed almost $255 million last year, drew other hoteliers and so has driven the price of land from $200 an acre in 1971 to as much as $100,000 today. With almost 40,000 first-class rooms, Orlando's hotels are attracting some conventions, notably the 1978 congress of the International Chamber of Commerce. Walt Disney World is adding 144 rooms to one of its existing...
More than $41 million was to change hands before the land was free and clear. Amazingly, there were no real holdouts among the 17 property owners, but it did take 3½ years to get the doctors who owned the Medical Chambers group to capitulate. The trouble was that they did not want cash. Finally, the doctors merged with Citicorp, with the medics getting $6.8 million worth of Citicorp shares...