Word: yorke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...administration revoked permission Thursday to allow a Christian group called "MIT Seekers" to sponsor a Purim celebration in cooperation with "Jews for Jesus," a group of Christian Jews based in New York. The administration cancelled the celebration in response to complaints from MIT Hillel, a Jewish group, and students and faculty who criticized "Jews for Jesus," Giffone said. Hillel called the group a "proselytising organization" which does not belong at MIT, Rabbi Dan Shevitz, director of MIT Hillel, said Friday...
...late 1976, Somoza's image in this country had so deteriorated that he hired the New York public relations firm of Norman, Lawrence, Patterson, and Farrell, Inc. to shore it up. And although the State Department cited the Nicaraguan government for several human rights violations in the early days of President Carter's May 1977 crusade, 12 million dollars in economic aid in 1977 and 1978 were nevertheless added to a total of more than $300 million that Nicaragua has received from the U.S. government since the second World War. The reason was that some of Somoza's powerful friends...
...beginning of his freshman year at Huntington High School in Huntington, New York, Widerman met Coach Lou Giani, a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team. The seriousness with which Giani approached wrestling impressed Widerman, who decided to forego his other sports interests and dedicate himself to wrestling...
Widerman quickly demonstrated his willingness to work hard and listen well, as he soon proved to be a vital member of the Huntington squad and one of the best wrestlers in perenially strong New York. In his junior year he won the state championship in the 101-lb, weight class, and in his senior year moved up to the 108-lb, division, where he notched another state title...
...York Times reported last month that Mugabe said ZANU did not intend to share power once it rules the country. He is also alleged to have said that the ZANU forces had done most of the fighting and therefore was the major force in the Front...