Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jewish settlement of Kedumim is only about a mile away from the Arab hamlet of Kafr Qaddum in the West Bank. Until now the residents of both rural villages lived and let live. Last week the Palestinian turmoil that has engulfed Israel and the occupied territories came even to this remote spot. As 15 or so Palestinian youths manned a rock barricade across the road leading to Kafr Qaddum, a familiar blue Volkswagen van braked to a halt. Inside were two well-known settlers from Kedumim, Shimon Kav, 41, and Yosef Ferber, 48. The Arab youths say they told...
...some of the most famous and infamous deals of the decade. In one case, the team was all too effective in helping Texaco beat rival Pennzoil in a battle to acquire Getty Oil. Pennzoil later won a breach- of-contract judgment that forced Texaco into bankruptcy and an eventual settlement of $3 billion...
MOSCOW--Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced Monday that the Soviet Union will withdraw from Afghanistan beginning on May 15 if U.N.-sponsored peace talks reach a settlement within five weeks. He said the pullout could be completed within 10 months...
...event a settlement is signed before then, "the withdrawal of troops will, accordingly, begin earlier," he said...
Even the USX foray pales in comparison with the size of Icahn's latest target: Texaco (1986 sales: $31.6 billion). Icahn began buying shares in the company when it declared bankruptcy last spring after failing to reach any settlement with Pennzoil, which had won a $10.3 billion judgment against Texaco in a Texas court. Icahn got his chance to help break the impasse in December, when Bankruptcy Judge Howard Schwartzberg ruled that Texaco's shareholders could strike their own deal with Pennzoil, with or without the approval of Texaco management. Before long, spurred in part by Icahn's repeated phone...