Word: nai
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three candidates also paid homage last week to the Jewish vote that could prove critical in such states as New York, Florida and Illinois. The three pledged such rousing and unqualified devotion and support for Israel in speeches to B'nai B'rith in Washington that they all received standing ovations...
Other Hostage cast members expressed polite envy over Queen's new wealth. "What can you say?" asks Howard Staggart, a professional hostage who was held at Entebbe and the B'nai Brith offices in Washington. "This is a tough business. It demands long hours of punishing work and it can be very boring. It's not as glamorous as people think. But success is possible and Dick Queen's an example. I only wish I had gotten the break...
...gathering of dear and near members of the clan. In company with his good friend Kathleen DuRoss, his daughter Anne Ford Uzielli and her statehouse steady, New York Governor Hugh Carey, the semi-retired automaker appeared at a banquet thrown by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to receive its first American Heritage Award in recognition of his years of civic service. After being praised by National Urban League President Vernon Jordan for his commitment to the ideal of "an open, integrated society," the prizewinner declared that shoring up U S. industry would...
Greek-Americans preserve their culture through the Hellenic Society, French-Americans through L'Alliance Francaise, and Jewish-Americans through B'nai B'rith and other organizations, but "Italian-Americans have nothing," Ussia says. "It's fine to revert back to your roots, but it's crucial that Italian-American culture--somewhat different than Italian culture--have a home of its own. We have to do it now," he adds...
While managing a $12.6 billion-a-year U.S. firm, Shapiro appears to spend almost as much time in Washington as in Wilmington, Del. He persuaded business chiefs and the B'nai B'rith to accept a sensible compromise U.S. policy for dealing with the Arab boycott of Israel. He travels the country making speeches laden with proposals to stimulate U.S. technology by giving inventors more patent protection and to improve the judicial system by increasing the number of judges and more closely scrutinizing their performance...