Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arab world been so deeply shaken by the loss of a political leader. Across the Middle East, radio stations broke into their regular programs to replay the emotion-choked voice of the Riyadh announcer. Panic and hysteria swept through the dusty streets of the capital as the news spread. Fierce Bedouin tribesmen wept openly; army and police units moved into strategic positions throughout the city. Within hours, every Arab government had proclaimed extended periods of mourning. Egypt's President Anwar Sadat, who had received extensive aid and political support from the Saudi King, called Faisal "a tireless fighter...
...soon, as the word spread that not only were district towns giving way but also capital cities and whole provinces, a desperate unease gripped Danang. With it came a growing hatred and confusion that are new even to this war. Gradually the city realized that it might not be safe after all, that the war was going much worse than anyone had feared. The news of the fall of Hue, which everybody expected the government to defend, came as a severe shock. Equally frightening, the dusty buses pathetically crowded with refugees were no longer coming in only from the northern...
...evidence presented by the authors often is doctrinaire and unconvincing. They could serve as the starting point for a fruitful debate on the proper role of multinationals. In rebuttal, multinationals could argue that they probably have increased world employment by spurring production. They also could maintain that they have spread the benefits of modern technology and management skills, and increased international understanding by shifting employees from one country to another...
Encounter, which began in Spain in 1958 and soon spread to 26 other countries, has quietly become an important Roman Catholic force. Since its introduction to the U.S. in 1966, more than 400,000 U.S. adults have attended the weekends, including Protestants, Jews, even some agnostics. They range from mechanics to corporation executives, from great-grandparents to newlyweds, who are sometimes given an Encounter weekend as a wedding present. (Fees vary, but are moderate...
...been instructed that each day for the rest of their lives they must take ten minutes to write "love letters" to each other and ten minutes to "dialogue" about them. This is "10 & 10," the movement's trademark. They are also urged to attend follow-up meetings and spread the word to friends...