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...cause: "I did not want to give you a small, cheap, secular kind of happiness. I prepared for you the great sacred human joy achieved through suffering and pain." From such moral heights as well as a rightful sense of wrongs endured, passionate Zionists could not take seriously the half-million Palestinian Arabs who were viewed merely as a harassment in Eden. Arab attacks, which began as early as 1886, were customarily described as "banditry." The Arabs were devoid of "an economic and cultural character of their own," pronounced Ber Borochov, the Marxist Zionist. Israel, Elon concludes, is still paying...
...answer is "yes." Sticky Fingers has sold a half-million copies in its first two weeks. It also shows that the Stones are masters of much more than what British Critic Geoffrey Cannon calls "roaring white rock." Bitch and Brown Sugar, as irreverent, aggressive and sexually brutal as ever, will delight old-line Stones fans. Can't You Hear Me Knocking, by contrast, is a stylistic meeting place for old and new. It begins with that familiar buzzing, distorted guitar sound and inimitable druggy sentiments ("Yeah, you've got plastic boots/ Y'all got cocaine eyes Yeah...
...RECENT conflicts between the government and the Left occur against the background of the massive demonstrations in Mexico City preceding the 1968 Olympics and the massacre that ended them. At one time, an estimated half-million persons were in the city's streets demonstrating against the government. On October 2 troops under the command of then Minister of the Interior Echeverria suddenly opened fire on demonstrators, killing more than 500 in what had the appearance of a highly organized ambush. After the "2 de Octubre Massacre" virtually all open Mexican radical activity ceased. From it, Echeverria gained his reputation...
...populated West Coast communities is running as high as 70%. The birth rate has declined from 30.1 births per thousand in 1910 to 17.7 in 1969, and while this is a healthy development in many respects, it implies considerable change in family life and values. Each year, an estimated half-million teen-agers run away from home...
...Japanese Empire was clearly sagging, blockaded from vital supplies, harassed daily by air, living precariously off a fast-decreasing cache of fuel and food. But the Japanese refused to surrender, and invasion seemed the only possible next step. A million American casualties were anticipated, including a half-million dead. Japanese casualties would certainly be in the millions...