Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their attempt to fathom the bombers' motives, many Americans discovered just how deep the paranoia runs among a small minority of their countrymen. It was easy to laugh at the wackier notions, uttered by the most normal-looking people speaking in reasoned tones: Russian troops are hidden in salt mines under Detroit waiting for their orders, the U.N. has a secret plan to disarm the public with the help of L.A. gangs. What was less easy to dismiss were those Americans who realize Janet Reno is not a paid agent of Jewish Colombian drug lords but who nonetheless...
...softened the hearts of his countrymen, but Mandela has concrete accomplishments as well. Every day, more than 5 million pupils at nearly 13,000 schools are receiving a peanut-butter sandwich for lunch-a free meal that provides 25% of their nutritional needs. The children call them Mandela sandwiches. Electricity has been brought to 370,000 homes. Health care is now free for all pregnant women and for children under...
...calories-a-day subsistence level. In metropolitan Hanoi, many seem to be able to afford $2,700 for a Honda Dream motorcycle. For peasants, dreaming is as close as they will ever get to that goal. Economic reform is removing them-as well as their urban countrymen-from the socialist dole for health care and education. The rural families can't afford to pay for health care, however, and many now keep their children at home to work the land. Peasants are beginning to pour into Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City in search of work. Most...
...what little freedom they have to achieve a new Cuba, I am certain they would be eager to share their views with you. I hope that next time you will interview dissidents rather than sip martinis with a man who has jailed or executed thousands upon thousands of his countrymen...
When he took the brave step of entering into a self-rule agreement with Yasser Arafat and the Palestine Liberation Organization 16 months ago, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin promised his countrymen peace with security. Ever since, Israelis have enjoyed little peace and less security. Rabin's political stock has plummeted, and many citizens question whether the experiment in peacemaking should go on. The negotiations are stalemated by growing ill will and Palestinian anger over Israel's continued building of West Bank settlements. As the terrorists take the psychological initiative, the maneuvering room for both Rabin and Arafat is fast running...