Word: argentina
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...rebellion kicked up by Juan Peron's followers. The mood is languorous, but the snake of sensuality curls under the loose garments of the ruling class. When Miss Mary, out of pity and passion, takes the girls' handsome older brother to bed, the family must dismiss her, as Argentina under Peron will soon purge itself of the British influence...
...openly. Weapons-manufacturing companies take the remaining business, drumming up sales through their agents. The manufacturers require the approval of their governments, which may or may not be easy to get. Some governments, notably those of the U.S. and West Germany, tightly control arms exports. Others, prominently including Brazil, Argentina and South Korea, have acquired a reputation for selling to just about anybody. In the West, France has a relatively unrestricted client list; the Soviet Union supplies weapons to leftist governments and revolutionary movements throughout the world...
MOST DASHING Diego Armando Maradona, Argentina's "Little Onion," made the World Cup his own. His penultimate goal, against England, climaxed a broken- field run worthy of Gale Sayers...
...bankers are already uneasy about De Larosiere's last big initiative, a $12.5 billion rescue package for Mexico that called for private creditors to accept a stretched-out payment schedule for about half the country's $98 billion debt. The creditors fear that other major debtors, like Brazil and Argentina, will demand similar concessions. Camdessus' main challenge is to continue the delicate process of helping Third World debtors reduce their obligations, while avoiding the spark that could ignite a destructive chain reaction of defaults...
...Argentina last week proposed an end to hostilities and a resumption of normal diplomatic relations if Britain would lift a 150-mile protective zone around the Falkland Islands that keeps out Argentine ships. Argentina also wanted to discuss the sovereignty of the British-held Falklands (pop. 2,000), which Argentina claims and calls Las Malvinas...