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...list of the dozen largest Third World exporters of major weapons between 1977 and 1980, Brazil ranks first, Israel ranks second and South Africa ranks third. No Black African country even makes the list. Between 1977 and 1980, Israel exported $367 million in major arms, accounting for 29 percent of all Third World major arms exports. And its biggest customer was South Africa. (8) The weapons industry constitutes the largest sector of the Israeli economy. By one Wall Street Journal estimate, 25 percent of the Israeli workforce is employed in military-related production...
...Africa connection is the United States, which is included by many critics as the third bulwark of a modern "axis" of economic gain and military repression. The international polished diamond industry offers an important example of the trade axis. As one analyst observes, "South Africa is the world's largest producer of gem diamonds while Israel has the world's largest diamond polishing center and the U.S. the world's largest diamond market...Israel's biggest import from South Africa is raw diamonds exceeding $100 million a year." (8) The U.S., of course, is where the diamonds...
...short, John Paul would seem to have trouble on his hands with the U.S. church, the richest and fourth largest* national branch of Roman Catholicism. Many American Catholics resent what they see as the Vatican's continuing view of the U.S. as a mission church. Because of the Pope's Polish background, says Milwaukee's liberal Archbishop Rembert Weakland, he "probably doesn't quite understand the American approach to dialogue and pluralism...
...Pope can still depend on the loyalty of American bishops, particularly as the time nears for the naming of new leaders for four of the largest archdioceses in the U.S.: New York and Boston, where he must name successors to the late Terence Cardinal Cooke and Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, and Los Angeles and Philadelphia, whose Cardinal Archbishops are within two years of reaching 75, the age at which they must resign. Archbishop Roach last week warned his colleagues that they must do better in conveying "the experience and insights of the church in the U.S. to the Holy Father...
...accident was a heavy blow for Boulder-based Celestial, the largest U.S. maker of herb teas. Said Siegel: "It's been the worst week of my life." Nonetheless, the tempest-in-a-tea-stock is expected to blow over. The comfrey flavor represents a minute share of the Colorado company's total sales, which in fiscal 1983 increased by 26% to $27 million. The public offering will be rescheduled for early next year, when it is likely to bring Siegel a celestial cash windfall of more than $1 million...