Word: rightnesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spokesman: "Eighty-three dollars-that's two sacks of flour." They protest the arbitrary denial of judicial appeals. Says Dr. Yunis Abu Rabiya, a respected Bedouin physician in Beersheba: "How can a country that calls itself democratic pass a law that denies the elementary citizen's right of appeal to the courts?" The Bedouins also charge that the proposed law is based on outright "racism" because it is aimed exclusively at Arabs. The Bedouins have a case: last week Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon began long and detailed negotiations to compensate 5,000 Jewish settlers who will be forced...
...Kenya were worried: a new government bill threatened to restrict their right to marry as many wives as they could afford. Though polygamy would remain legal, according to legislation that was debated in Nairobi's Parliament last week, a man would be required to get permission from his first wife before marrying a second one. In addition, the new bill would make wife beating a crime...
...worldwide oil glut. But there is no doubt that the companies have reaped a bonanza from the 60% runup in OPEC prices since January. For example, about 30% of U.S.-produced oil is, in effect, uncontrolled When world oil prices go up, the price of this uncontrolled crude rises right along them. But the companies assert that most of their profits come from operations overseas, where no price restrictions apply...
...Shack as a desultory go-go spot for males. Then in 1976 she decided to try exotic male dancers, insisting on a "classy, sophisticated, macho" program that would appeal strongly to women but would discourage gay customers. She has succeeded: the current stage show appears to strike the right sensual chords for women of all ages but attracts few male patrons. The revue also hits the right cash register keys: 150 to 200 customers flock to each performance. The audiences seem a notably wholesome and ordinary cross section of women. Entire tables are booked for "bachelorette" and birthday parties...
...having worked both sides of the go-go fence, she notes that women in some ways respond more openly than men as audiences: "Women get turned on more than men do. They reach right out and grab...