Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israelis argue that security requires them to supervise the West Bank militarily, while history grants them the right to settle there. They contend that if an independent Palestinian state were created in the West Bank (and in the Gaza Strip along the Mediterranean), it would quickly be taken over by the Palestine Liberation Organization and used as a launching pad for terrorist attacks on Israel. For that reason, last December Premier Menachem Begin put forward a 26-point proposal for the occupied territories that would give limited self-rule to the Arabs on domestic matters. Israeli authorities, however, would still...
...northern district of Cabinda, which is separated from the rest of Angola by a 20-mile strip of Zaïre, guerrillas of the small Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave (F.L.E.C.) are fighting for independence. Unfortunately for the F.L.E.C.'s chances, the squabbling Cabindans are split into three factions; moreover, according to Western intelligence estimates, several battalions of Cubans have been deployed in Cabinda to protect the offshore oil wells that currently provide most of Angola's revenues. Farther south, surviving units of the F.N.L.A. also harass government forces in occasional skirmishes, even though Holden Roberto...
...fact, it was not an undiluted victory for the businessman. The court was careful not to strip OSHA of its power to make surprise inspections; it ruled that a warrant must be obtained from a federal magistrate only if an employer demands it. Further, the court released OSHA from having to show probable cause, as in criminal searches, to get the warrant. Indeed, OSHA need not even suspect safety or health violations to request a warrant. Said OSHA'S chief, Eula Bingham: "It all depends on what the employers do. If most comply, there will be no problems...
...sign that the public is rebelling against these costly and cumbersome regulations is that they are being spoofed in that most popular graphic art form, the comic strips. Weidenbaum's walls are adorned with comics and editorial cartoons roasting everything from the ban against saccharin to the rising Matterhorn of forms to be filled out. In one strip, a weary Santa Claus complains about "all the environmental impact statements I gotta file for these flying reindeer...
...canoe can barely nose through. Bridges cross dry gulches overgrown with weeds and shrubs. Many once plentiful plants and birds are gone, and human beings who live there are disfigured by skin cancer. The scene is 300 sq. mi. in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, a once lush strip north of Rio de Janeiro that is now on its way to becoming a desert. The cause of this ecological disaster...