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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...capitalism a system in which the individual is free from the initiation of force, in which the government protects the individual from all private force--murders, raping, robbery--and in which the government does not initiate force. ...In that society, an individual may or may not become the owner of means of production. Capitalism simply means the establishment of freedom from coercion...
...were prepared for high casualty figures, the magnitude of the toll compared with the 803 fatalities of the Six-Day War nonetheless stunned them. Nearly every household in the nation of 3,200,000 has suffered or knows a loss in the war. Said Yehezkel Shemesh, a Jerusalem restaurant owner: "We are all one mishpocheh [family]. When one boy dies, we all grieve together." Last Wednesday morning weeping mourners crowded temporary military cemeteries to attend mass memorial services. In Jerusalem, which bore more than 10% of Israel's casualties, Mayor Teddy Kollek visited the homes of the bereaved families...
...interiors are equally daring. Polished steam engines serve as stoves; old windshields make unorthodox solariums. In fact, these houses have everything but the basics. The bathroom is often an outhouse. Electricity and central heating are rare. But there is more to life than utilities, or so say the owner-builders, who value the karma of self-expression over the convenience of plumbing. "A hand-hewed home is to a preconstructed one what fresh-baked bread is to a TV dinner," says Lloyd Kahn...
...show called "Royal Art of Cameroon," mounted at Dartmouth College, reached Evan Schneider, a longtime Kom scholar and a member of the Peace Corps in Cameroon. There, resplendent in full color on the cover, was the lost Afo-A-Kom. It had been lent to Dartmouth by its new owner, Aaron Furman, a respected Manhattan dealer in primitive art, and it was reportedly on sale...
...this specific instance, the question scarcely matters, since with all the diplomatic hassle, the statue may well be returned to Kom, perhaps with compensation to Furman. Even so, it will leave moot the questions that more and more agitate the art world: Can or should even a legitimate owner sell an art object outside his own country if it is declared a national treasure, and can an art dealer legitimately buy it, in good faith, for mere cash...