Word: ments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That sentiment may force our Govern ment to withdraw its support from Is rael. Israel will stand alone; she may even fall. Not because they are evil, but because they are cold, Americans may help add a chapter to the long history of at tempts to destroy the Jewish people...
Lower Subsidies. The poor were at least partially protected by increased government welfare benefits, but Israel's middle class was severely hit. As a result of devaluation and lower govern ment subsidies for basic commodities, prices of most items last week were in creased anywhere from 35% to 200%. The cost of sugar, which already was 21.60 per lb., tripled, and milkwent up 60%. Egg prices jumped 64%, bread 100%, meat 35%. Bus fares will rise 60%, and gasoline 64%, to $1.86 per gal. Fuel oil for industry zoomed up 117%. The standard of li ving of most middle...
...looking for causes other than rheumatic fever for disease of the heart valves; it is only relatively recently, however, that some have noted a link between birds and heart problems. To examine the connection, Cardiologist Christopher Ward and Immunologist Anthony M. Ward (no kin) questioned 257 patients under treat ment for valvular heart disease. They found that 125 had had rheumatic fe ver or a related ailment. But they fur ther discovered that of the 132 with no history of these illnesses, 83 (or 63%) had owned or handled birds. The doctors examined post-mortem tissue from 27 patients...
...group of religious youths, led by Rabbi Moshe Levinger, made their way into a 500-ft. gorge beside an old Turkish aqueduct to squat there until the army or hunger forced them out. "It is our right as Jews to live here," said Rabbi Levinger. "No secular govern ment has the right to give away what the Torah has said is ours...
...young women who had had hitherto unexplained viral hepatitis and found that seven had recently had their ears pierced. Not only jewelers but physicians who use only alcohol or benzal-konium solution for "cold sterilization" may be guilty of spreading the disease. Johnson insists that ear-piercing equip ment must be boiled for 20 minutes or thoroughly autoclaved at a higher temperature to rule out the danger of transmitting hepatitis...