Word: statehood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...undergraduate, Tarazi is known as a passionate advocate of gay rights, as well as Palestinian statehood. By all accounts, he cheerfully broaches uncomfortable subjects in both areas...
Tarazi says he sometimes worries that his two identities are headed for a collision. "There might come a day when I might help lead Palestinians to statehood and then realize that I might not be welcome in that state," he says. "That's always in the back of my mind...
...other hand, while it may have some immediate effect on the plight of the Palestinians, in the long run makes support for the Palestinians secondary to condemnation of Israel. Such reporting will serve only nations like Jordan and Syria--the truer, deeper and more longstanding enemies of Palestinian statehood...
...President's a-little-something-for-everyone approach to Government, lurching from new national parklands to a statehood referendum for Puerto Rico, at times sounded as if it had been borrowed from Lyndon Johnson. But . often the mismatch between promises and price tags bordered on the comic. Bush took pains to recall that he had promised to be "the Education President," and invited his audience to join the crusade by enlisting as "the Education Congress." Yet the up-front cost of the President's innovative proposals comes to a paltry $58 million, less than $1.50 for every child...
Loyalty to Barry may be costing Washingtonians their long-cherished dream of gaining voting representation in Congress through a congressional amendment granting statehood to the District. Says Mark Plotkin, a member of the city's Democratic committee: "We ask members of Congress, 'What about statehood?' and they look at us and say, 'What about the mayor...