Word: tribe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...look at the problems of a tribe,they're overwhelming," she said. "But, if you lookat the small pieces, you can see a solution. Ittakes a long time, lots of work, and absolutefaith of the people to believe in themselves...
...within the next 30 years a real resurgence of the tribal government," said Wilma Mankiller, who in 1984 was elected the first woman chief of the 71,000 member tribe. She was honored yesterday by the Harvard Foundation for her "distinguished contribution to American leadership and Native American culture...
About 400 Boston University professors and students walked out of class yesterday to protest the school's awarding an honorary degree to the controversial chief of the Zulu tribe in South Africa...
...addition to heading the six-million member Zulu tribe, Buthelezi is the president of Inkatha, said to be South Africa's largest Black political party. He opposes divestment and sanction against the South African government and thinks that the Blacks can use peaceful means to obtain a proportioning of power by all races in his native land...
What's in a name? For many, the indication that they are descendants of craftsmen: smiths, coopers, millers, weavers. Primo Levi, 67, is an Italian Jew whose surname suggests ties to those members of the Levite tribe who were entrusted with guarding the sacred tabernacle. Not ritual priests but deacons, Levites were workers with practical tasks to perform. Appropriately, Levi came to writing through chemistry. For 30 years he worked for a Turin paint manufacturer. Before that he was the unwilling employee of the Nazis, who recruited him at Auschwitz for his technical skills. While millions died for what they...