Word: landing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bringing $45,000. 1 don't know whether it's the total devaluation of the dollar or total inflation, or a general dissatisfaction with shoddy material. Some of this is good, beautifully made stuff." Adds a woman who has recently made a genuine fortune in Western land development: "Out here it's all spend it, wear it, show it, and this stuff makes a wonderful situation for the business person. It appreciates while it is depreciated...
Chris Mortenson, 31, who develops land in Montana and San Diego, buys one of the auction's truly great pieces, a stained-glass dome originally made for a San Francisco Elks' hall. He pays $90,000 but has no special plans...
...gasoline lines in New York City indeed snake to the horizon. Even the natives may purchase gas only on an odd day here, an even there. Lo, how it heartened them to know that the inconvenienced diplomat was Salah Omar al-Ali, the ambassador from Iraq, he whose land has helped make oil dear as gold...
...dictator readies his exit, he leaves behind a ruined land...
...killing two guerrillas. The U.S. regards Jewish settlements in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as illegal and not conducive to peace. It particularly objects to a new settlement at Elon Moreh near Nablus, which is being built partially on confiscated Arab-owned land. Finally, the U.S. tends to agree with Egypt that the issue of Palestinian autonomy must be broadly defined, even if it runs the risk of leading to what Israel fears most, an independent Palestinian state...