Word: rose
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public image of Egypt and Israel improved markedly following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem. About 40% of those polled said their impressions of Egypt had improved, while Israel-already popular in the U.S.-was viewed more favorably by 27%. Both Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin also rose in public esteem. There was widespread feeling reflected in the poll (64%) that Sadat and Begin are equally interested in peace. A minority thought that Sadat (24%) or Begin (7%) had shown more concern for a settlement...
Terrible trouble is commonplace at A.&P. Between 1966 and 1976 the chain's sales rose from $5.4 billion to $7.2 billion, but profits fell from $56 million to less than $14 million. They are likely to shrink this year to near invisibility. Even in 1976 A. & P. earned a mere tenth of a cent on each dollar in sales. The company yielded top sales rank in the supermarket business to Safeway (1976 volume: $10.4 billion) in 1973. Now it is close to being overtaken as well by Kroger (1976 sales: $6 billion). A. & P. shareholders are understandably disgruntled...
...Miraculous Journey of Mahomet with introduction and commentaries by Marie-Rose Séguy (Braziller; 158 pages; $40). Known in the Muslim world as the Mirâj Nâmeh, this legend describes the mystical visions of Muhammad as he ascended one night to the Seventh Heaven and the Throne of God. With the Angel Gabriel as his guide, the Prophet meets with Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses. He visits paradise, with its eternally blooming gardens, and hell, where sinners suffer endless agony at the hands of demons. The 15th century illuminations that accompany the text of this holy...
...case of Auld Lang Syne when McLaughlin returned to the Bronx Saturday night with the Harvard basketball team to play Fordham in Rose Hill Gymnasium, ten minutes away from his old home in Woodlawn. McLaughlin played basketball for the Rams from 1965-69 after graduating from Fordham Prep, a Jesuit high school that his older brothers Walter and Jackie attended before him. Walter also attended Fordham on one of the school's last football scholarships...
McLaughlin returned to Rose Hill in the fall of 1970 to become an assistant coach under Richard "Digger" Phelps. The Digger's father worked as an undertaker. McLaughlin's father was a New York City policeman, who worked his way up to the rank of detective in the Bronx district attorney's office...