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...mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of laid-off migrant workers --mainly Egyptians, Palestinians and Pakistanis--from the Persian Gulf could overtax their native lands and stir political unrest. While singling out no particular country, Secretary of State Shultz cautioned last week, "History teaches that nations in deep economic distress are more vulnerable to political instability, to the simplistic appeals of demagogues who preach siren songs of war and confrontation as a diversion from home...
...begin the truly important part of his mission: "Extending this knowledge to the entire universe." So he goes on watching: a pair of mating tortoises, giraffes in a zoo, the cuts of meat in a butcher shop, the ruins of a Toltec shrine in Mexico, the flight of migrant starlings in his native Rome. Even while tending the grounds of his summer home, he feels the key to cosmic understanding within his reach: "He no longer thinks of the lawn: he thinks of the universe. He is trying to apply to the universe everything he has thought about the lawn...
...interested in the general emotions of invisible people, whether it he migrant workers in the artichoke fields in California, or the women invisible in their houses, unable to express themselves, or the homeless," said Vendler...
Chavez sharply criticized California Governor George Deukmejian, whom he accused of "letting the growers get away with everything." Chavez said that migrant farm workers, under Deukmejian, have suffered the loss of political rights, the blockage of millions of dollars in lost wages, and rampant union- busting...
Chavez forecasted a bright future for the farm workers, predicting that the descendants of migrant workers will dominate the California farm belt politically "in 20 or 30 years...