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...Quneitra, capital of the Golan. Before Israel captured it in the 1967 war, it was a town of 20,000 Syrians. Today Quneitra sits smashed to bits, lifeless, under the blazing Middle East sun. It is this desolate ruin that the Syrians so desperately want to recover and rebuild...
Egypt's priority program, as a result, is to rebuild its shattered cities and give the people some early measure of relief. But Sadat has even more ambitious projects for revitalizing the country. In essence, the President wants to free Egyptians from their centuries-old dependence on a narrow (average width: seven miles), 500-mile-long green belt on each side of the Nile River valley. The completion of the Aswan High Dam, with its water control and vastly increased production of electricity, will make that possible...
...where a staff of 70 answers 200 spiritual "Dear Abby" letters per month, prepares advanced seminars and is developing a national training center for pastors and schoolteachers, as well as a "character curriculum" that he hopes many colleges will adopt. According to Gothard, they should scrap conventional subjects and rebuild courses around 49 virtues, including diligence, loyalty and tact...
...Aswan, which was ultimately bankrolled by the Soviets. If Congress approves Nixon's request for money, which seems likely at the present time, $25 million will be used to clear the Suez Canal and $80 million to buy U.S. grains. With the remaining $145 million the Egyptians will rebuild war-demolished Suez City-an enormous project that could cost Egypt as much as $500 million. Israel will not object to an American contribution to the restoration of the devastated canal area since such an investment by Egypt would be a concrete and visible sign that Cairo would not lightly...
...week. For 2½ hours, he toured the devastated area by helicopter and by car, and was plainly shaken. "In terms of destruction, just total devastation, this is the worst I have seen," he said. He ordered Administration officials to cut through the red tape and speed aid to rebuild the town. "Within a matter of two or three years," he promised, "you are going to find Xenia back on its feet, better than ever...