Word: neighbors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...land of Yemen. In the 1965 armistice signed at Jeddah, Nasser pledged a gradual evacuation of his occupation army. But he apparently abandoned any intention of withdrawing from the area at just about the time the British announced that they would grant independence in 1968 to Yemen's neighbor, South Arabia. For Nasser, South Arabia, with its oil refineries in Aden, would be a prestige prize well worth waiting to collect when the British leave...
...sure, the authors concede, one can also live as a Christian by "the old, laborious, tried-and-true method of being kind to your neighbor, working like a dog, tithing, witnessing, living peaceably with all men." But, they conclude, "if you can play the games right, you won't have to bother with all that...
...heaven's sake, let's think ahead this time! If the ignition on my neighbor's car can cause interference on my hi-fi and TV, think of the electronic havoc that would be wrought in a city full of cars powered by electricity. The car must be replaced by mass transportation in urban centers-there is no other choice...
...Black Mist." Not so. Japan's newspapers have been dominated-and the public mind captured-by the chaotic events next door in Red China. Campaigning from snowy northern Honshu to sunny Shikoku, Sato was quick to take advantage of the public preoccupation. "We must never become like our neighbor," Sato cried in village after village last week. "Over there, there's no freedom, and without freedom, how could one find life worth living?" Sato's suggestion: "You must never, never vote for such parties as Socialists or Communists." Almost invariably, the crowds cried: "Sato banzai!" All this...
...dominate Nigeria's Eastern Region, and the less-educated Hausas, a Moslem people from the vast and largely arid Northern Region. After World War II, the Ibos, whose Eastern home is badly overpopulated, migrated north in droves to take advantage of the opportunities offered by their underdeveloped and underpopulated neighbor. The Ibos soon dominated major northern industries and captured crucial transportation and communications jobs. The Hausas, frustrated by their inability to complete with the "foreigners," became steadily more hostile toward the Ibo minority in their midst. In the Western Region, the Yorubas, who form the third major tribal division, remained...