Word: statehooder
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...over. "Nebaj is the home of our children," she says. "Now most of the people understand the word of God because of Ray's work." Latin America has been nominally Catholic for centuries, and most of its nations won their independence in the 19th century. Both Christianity and statehood, however, are relatively new to black Africa...
...more defensible appellation for the same old, inexcusable prejudice. Jewish journalist Jacobo Timmerman's Argentine captors and torturers claimed to have no objection to Judaism--only to Zionism--as they subjected him to an electroshock machine and screamed frenetically, "Clipped Prick!" Must recently opposition to Israel's statehood has become an unconvincing disguise, and many anti-Semites have switched to a new strategy--quite the rage in light of the Lebanon invasion--of sweepingly condemning Israel's political behavior...
Unlike the existing statehood initiative, the amendment would not forge a state of "New Columbia" from the city on the Potomac, but instead give the District the proper representation of a state without changing its unique status as a federal enclave. Given the District's current population which is comparable to four state', this would translate into two senators and one representative...
...plan to establish Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that would be associated with Jordan in exchange for Arab recognition of Israel's right to exist. Arafat said that the plan had "some positive elements," although he criticized its rejection of full Palestinian statehood. Still, there was some reason for encouragement in Arafat's seeming openness to consider the idea. "Reading between the lines," said an Administration official, "I think there is a realization on Arafat's part that the Reagan initiative is the only practical way to go for the foreseeable...
Rhoads says a new convention should be called only if Congress enacts clear guidelines beforehand and if only one issue is selected for discussion. His list of possible Constitutional topics includes statehood for the District of Columbia, the Equal Rights Amendment and the Human Rights Amendment