Word: variously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, such a dialogue is well under way as both Israel and the P.L.O. dicker through the U.S. on terms for elections in the occupied territories. Last week the P.L.O. offered a new list of conditions for its participation. The various parties interpreted the list to serve their own political ends. Some, including members of Israel's Labor Party, considered Arafat's terms relatively moderate because he reportedly dropped a demand for the total - withdrawal of Israeli troops before elections take place. Others read the terms, such as the long-standing demand for an independent Palestinian state, as confirmation...
...class distinctions. That is why, for example, the cavalier can simply walk in on the wedding of the peasant Masetto and walk off with his bride Zerlina. When Don Giovanni is converted into an East Harlem hoodlum, the character no longer fits the plot, so Sellars blithely begins changing various details of the story...
Urban design projects include analysis of city plans and development of urban areas in foreign countries. For one project, students were presented with an elaborate scenario in Nepal and asked to build housing for Tibetan refugees, taking into consideration the various needs of the population, the different materials available for building and the cultural attitudes in Nepal...
...weapons (START) will be even more challenging. The INF category is comparatively simple to check. Since all missiles of a given type are to be destroyed, any such weapon spotted later would be in obvious violation. START will be far more complex. It will only reduce the numbers of various missiles, and inspectors will have to determine how many small cruise missiles are carried aboard bombers and possibly even submarines. Differentiation must be made between nuclear-tipped and conventionally armed cruise missiles, even if they look alike. A method will have to be found to keep track of mobile missiles...
...following pages range in age from 2 to 87; they are black and white, Asian and Hispanic; they represent 42 states. The portraits are arranged day by day, and in alphabetical order by the state in which the shootings occurred. The information about the deaths comes from various official sources -- police and coroners -- and in some cases from families of the victims...