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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right to exist, they render real genocide commonplace. At first glance, statements such as Castro's and those of the U.N. anti-Zionist resolution seem trivial. Though their claims are patently false--the Israeli's have not herded Palestinian Arabs into a Dachau or a Treblinka, nor have they set up their own apartheid system based on the idea that Jews and Arabs are different species of humanity--Israel's attackers seem merely to rewrite history for parochial ends, to falsify terms as part of an easily-recognized scheme. Although they seem trivial, such statements secrete a different, more lethal...

Author: By Thomas M. Levenson, | Title: By Any Other Name | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...know how to deal with being left behind by my father." Duke left behind his son both literally--deserting the family in the mobile home mecca of Sarasota, Florida, for a financially-draining fling on Vancouver Island--and emotionally--substituting "glittering things" for fatherly affection. Continuing the precedent set by Geoffrey's grandfather, Duke discovered "love's shortcut through stuff," lavishing filched motorboats and sportscars on his child...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Daddy Dearest | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Harvard, acting in apparent violation of a 1974 agreement with Cambridge not to buy property in Cambridge outside set boundaries, last month purchased a $120,000 home at 7 Waterhouse...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Harvard Buys Waterhouse St. House In Apparent Pact Violation With City | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Tiina Bougas, not even remotely challenged in the singles play so far this fall, coasted to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Wendy Jennings in the number one slot. Bougas has yet to lose a set in a Harvard uniform...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Netwomen Win; Look to New Englands | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

...American situation in the last 15 to 20 years and I think you'll appreciate that this is not a situation that can be rectified over night. So really it's a combination of factors which could make the difference. To think that only one approach, one set of factors, i.e. coercion and pressure and boycotts can do the trick, well that's very superficial and incorrect...

Author: By Ian Brookshire and Gerald J Sanders, S | Title: 'Promises' Koornoof: A 'New Breed' Of Afrikaaner Politician | 10/18/1979 | See Source »

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