Word: rebuilding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Marines help rebuild an army...
...University of the South, founded in 1857 by three Episcopal bishops, is a fitting place for eccentric legacies. The campus was destroyed during the Civil War before a student ever enrolled. Afterward, churches in England donated funds to rebuild the school, and Oxford and Cambridge universities gave books for the library. The British influence is still strong. Gothic-style buildings are topped by battlements and covered with ivy. Faculty and honors students stroll along arched walkways in black academic gowns. The bell in Breslin Tower, modeled after Oxford's Magdalen, strikes each hour. The school...
Within the narrow focus of the Israeli Commission of Inquiry's report on the Beirut massacres was lost the larger issue of Lebanon, a nation which is now struggling to rebuild itself out of a shattered past. On this point the Israeli sense of responsibility seems to be lacking since it is apparent that recent Israeli action has worked more towards hindering this effort rather than aiding it. Although the leaders of Israel claim to be aware of the fundamental need for a strong and independent Lebanon, their policies belie their words. Israel has long harbored ambitions of fragmenting Lebanon...
Economically the situation is just as serious although less obvious. To rebuild itself Lebanon will require billions of dollars in economic aid. This aid will depend heavily on sound and friendly trade relations between Lebanon and its brother Arab states. Yet the Israelis are indifferent to this fact and continue to insist that Lebanon enter into an open trade agreement before troop withdrawals take place...
...party organization and sought to write its obituary. "By today's vote the Democratic Party has been returned to the people," he said. "It is all over for the machine," agreed Don Rose, a Democratic strategist who worked for Byrne in 1979. "Washington is not going to rebuild...