Confronting Islam. Chinese precedent for Moslem policy
Franz Schurmann argues for a deepening U S ties with the Islamic world, drawing parallels to past U S dealings with China and Taiwan. He notes oil links, Muslimmajority nations, and the Saudi role, urging realistic reconciliation between Islamic and Western worlds.
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Franz Schurmann
Pacific News Service
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Israel
Saudi Arabia
United States
Taiwan
Formosa
William Knowland
California
Mainland
Korea
People’s Republic of China
Geneva
Chiang
Richard Nixon
China
Beijing
Deng Xiaoping
U.S
Globe
Phillippines
sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
Nigeria
Africa
Indonesia
Pakistan
Ical
West
Interstates show America in disrepair
The Interstate highway program now 25 years old is described as a vast public works feat that linked cities and regions. Once a symbol of progress it now shows wear and neglect amid cuts in federal aid, with maintenance deferring repairs and infrastructure decay posing risks to movement of goods and public services.
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Egypt
Iran
China
U.S
Mecca
Medina
Yugoslavia
Russia
United States
United Ae
Revealing clothes signal mood and status in fashion study
A New York Review of Books report says wardrobe choices reveal mood occupation and sexual attitudes. Color and visible underlayers convey signals like red for heat and passion while blue suggests calm aloofness.
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America
New York Review of Books
Haitians sent to Ft Drum amid immigration stance critique
The piece condemns U S policy relocating Haitian refugees to Fort Drum in upstate New York arguing it exposes racial discrimination and harsh political choices. It decries the treatment of Haitians as a national embarrassment and calls out the Reagan administration for using a cold weather military base to deter asylum seekers.
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Haiti
Agee
United States
Florida
Immigration Service
Caribbean
New York
Ft. Drum
Mexico
Rise of Islamic Militancy Seeks to Shake Egypt
Tallal a 26-year-old prisoner embodies a broader Islamic revival in Egypt, a movement scholars say split into public and underground groups that challenge Mubarak's government. Analysts note lower middle class support and widespread disillusion after Egypt’s 1967 defeat, with many youths seeking identity through Islam amid urbanization and social change.
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Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times
Cairo
Tallal
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
American University of Cairo
Ibrahim
Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Iran
Nile Delta
Sadat
Affaf Mahfouz
Helwan University
Tahseen Beshir
Canada
Beshir
American University
Ihsan A Quddos
Indiana colleges bring computers down to the farm
Purdue University hosts a three day Indiana farm computer use conference at West Lafayette as 92 counties connect with Purdue terminals. By 1982 about a third of state farms may use programmable computers, with Facts the main system aiding farmers in choosing crops, fertilizer, marketing, and record keeping.
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Indiana Colleges
New York
Indiana
New York City
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Indianapolis
Don J. Pershing
Purdue
Pershing
Kiplinger
Farmer-Computer Alliance
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Kellogg
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