Word: segments
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Following the appearance of the statement of the "56," Fein was cited as saying in an interview that the statement had signified "a vote of nonconfidence in the present [Israeli] government by a significant segment of the American Jewish leadership." Fein's interpretation was disputed by five of the original American signers, who said that they were in full agreement with Begin "on most matters." Fein later wrote to Begin saying that he had not intended to criticize his person, only his policies...
...result, virtually every segment of society, every philosophical faction and special-interest group, had something to cheer about, and perhaps to jeer about as well. Antiabortion campaigners were rewarded with a politically touchy decision that will nearly eliminate Medicaid-financed abortions. Civil rights activists were pleased by the court's approval of a federal public works program setting aside 10% of funds for minority-run businesses, but dismayed by a decision that perpetuated a white-dominated electoral system in Mobile, Ala. Free-speech champions got more than they had hoped for in a ruling guaranteeing open criminal trials...
...Bank, the statement also condemned those who "advance the vicious cycle of extremism and violence" and concluded that "their way endangers and isolates Israel." The statement, in the view of Brandeis University Professor Leonard Fein, was "a vote of no confidence in the present Israeli government by a significant segment of the American Jewish leadership...
...lucky ones find jobs flipping burger patties at their neighborhood McDonald's or pitching bales of hay on Wyoming cattle ranches. The less fortunate kill time shooting baskets in asphalt schoolyards or hanging around the local pool hall. Always the most volatile, lowest-paid segment of the work force, America's job-seeking youth are headed for hard times this recession-plagued summer. According to Government statistics, 16.2% of youths between the ages of 16 and 19 are already unemployed; among young blacks the figure is nearly 30%. Unofficial estimates run much higher...
...like the Saturday-morning TV serials he loved as a kid. In Star Wars, he managed to have both an end and a continuation; in The Empire he has only the continuation, and audiences will have to wait for some Saturday three years hence, when the next segment is released...