Word: regionals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chicago when a band of passengers declared to the crew that they had other, meticulously crafted plans for the Boeing 727 and its 92 passengers and crew members. The plane was being skyjacked to advertise independence for Croatia, one of Yugoslavia's six republics and long a region of simmering separatism. Thus began a bizarre and improbable skyjacking, the first to succeed in the U.S. in nearly four years. It was the latest blow struck by Croatian separatists, who have been waging a campaign of assassination, bombing and blackmail for several years...
...with the almost cordial relationship that Israel now has with Egypt and the slow disintegration of the unity the Arabs enjoyed in the wake of the 1973 conflict. With Libya at odds with both Egypt and Syria, and such oil-rich nations as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait supporting the region's moderates, Israel is no longer facing a solid wall of active Arab belligerency. The greatest losers in the situation, again, are the Palestinian guerrillas, whose hope of leading the way to a restored homeland seems feebler with every passing...
Besides books, Carter sometimes samples as many as ten newspapers a day, six from his Southern region and three or four from beyond. He has a clipping service that goes through six to eight other papers around the country and dips into scores of magazines every month...
...alai, a three-walled version of handball, originated in the Basque region of the Pyrenees during the 17th century, and remained unchanged until the sport crossed the Atlantic and became the object of parimutuel betting. Jai alai was adapted to the requirements of the $2 windows around Miami, where it has been popular for 50 years. The eight players wear the numbers of the eight post positions on their jerseys. The march onto the court that opens each game resembles nothing so much as a parade of horses to the starting gate. Matches are either singles or doubles...
Still not fully aware of the danger, residents of the region went on with their daily routines. They ate vegetables from their gardens, drank milk from their cows, despite the fact that it tasted peculiar, and, in some cases, even cooked and ate the chickens that had been killed by the cloud. It was not until July 14, when some 14 children were hospitalized for burns and pains, and adults began complaining about liver and kidney problems, that the dimensions of the threat became clear...