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...masterminding a large number of P.L.O. terror attacks over the years. Yet al- Wazir's death was also intended to decapitate the intifadeh, the five- month- old uprising that has rocked the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. As head of the P.L.O.'s "western-sector command," he was in charge of the organization's support for the rebellion. Killing him, the Israelis believed, would deal the uprising a serious blow...
...night." At this street level, there is relatively little factional rivalry or outside supervision. Only occasionally does each representative turn to his headquarters for orders. The closest thing to an outside agitator is Mahmoud, whose additional responsibilities as a "regional leader" take him to the rural areas in his sector to help set up new popular committees and coordinate policies...
Because of the influx of women into the workforce, most pink-collar workers--employees in the service sector of the economy earning $14,000 to $30,000 a year--are women clerical workers. Of the 3700 support staff workers eligible to vote in the May 17 union certification election, 83 percent are women...
Although Shmelyov said he believes that smaller collectives will emerge in the agricultural sector, he said the Soviet people are probably too resistant to change to allow similar reforms in other areas of the economy...
...going at it is to say, 'If the private sector expands a lot, will that handle the problem?' And the answer to that is 'no,'" she says. "This is because most private plans are quite expensive although there is a big market for them...