Word: westing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This is the culmination of our fall training," junior Owen West labeled this weekend. "We would like to leave the water with a strong positive note...
Weird or not, it doesn't appear that the Harvard students' affection for their West Coast role models--however unrealistic they may be--is fading. Thursday nights in Harkness Commons bear that...
Hoffmann spoke on the reasons for the appeasement of Germany by the West that occured prior to the war. While Germany was ready to fight another war, the opposite was true of the West, Hoffmannn said, adding that in 1939, appeasement was not nessesarily a poor tactic'. "If one looks at England and France one sees an enormous battle fatigue," Hoffmann said...
What is the truth? Israel has consistently publicly condemned the policy of apartheid. South Africa's white minority officially denies equality to its Black majority. Israel's Jewish majority (83%) extends full legal equality to its Arab minority (17%). The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are not Israeli citizens. Israel, as legal military authority since 1967 is forbidden from changing their status. Yet under Israel's control, the Palestinians enjoy greater social, economic and educational standing than in any part of the Arab world; though unfortunately, Israeli attempts to improve housing conditions in the territories have been blocked...
What of Israel's diplomatic relations with South Africa? Israel's commercial ties comprise just 1% of South Africa's total trade, the majority of which is with France, Great Britian, West Germany, the United States, and several Black African nations. Israel recently implemented a program called "Building a Nation" to bring Black South African leaders of labor unions, trade associations, and political organizations to Israel for training in community organization. Israeli 1987 legislation prohibits any future arms sales to South Africa, and severely curtails cultural, athletic, scientific, and other ties with Pretoria, while Italy and Great Britian continue selling...