Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...alone in experiencing a slowdown in population growth. A similar fall-off has been occurring in practically all the developed industrial nations. In Sweden, West Germany, Japan, Hungary and Rumania, the birth rate has slowed strikingly since World War II. In a few countries-including Rumania, Argentina and Japan-there is talk of steps to increase the birth rates again in order to build up labor forces...
...atomic explosion last May, India is now the world's sixth nuclear power. Others will certainly follow. Experts note that ten countries already have the economic and scientific resources to develop the bomb before the end of the decade (though none has yet announced plans to do so): Argentina, Brazil, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea and West Germany...
...Borg, 18, seeded fourth after his sweep of the Italian and French opens earlier this year and a recent victory in the U.S. Pro Championships in Brookline, Mass. If Borg falters on the grass at the West Side Tennis Club, Sweden's sorrow could turn into joy for Argentina or Mexico. The hottest player on the men's circuit this summer has been Guillermo Vilas, 22, from Mar del Plata, Argentina. During one hot streak, Vilas won 29 consecutive matches. Mexican Raul Ramirez, 21, seeded 16th, has won $60,000 since June...
...nations of the Western Hemisphere that have boycotted Fidel Castro's Cuba for the past decade have been having second thoughts. In the past two years, official ties have been forged between Cuba and Peru, Argentina, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad-Tobago.* Last week Panama was added to the list when 30 jubilant Panamanian officials flew to Havana to sign a declaration restoring diplomatic, economic and cultural links between the two nations. Next in line are Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia-and probably...
...trade with other Latin American nations may reach $100 million this year, up nearly 500% since 1969. To symbolize the importance he attaches to the recently developed trade with Cuba, Brigadier General Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panama's strongman, now smokes nothing but long Havana cigars. Before his death, Argentina's President Juan Perón granted Cuba $1.2 billion in credits to buy Argentine products, such as road-building equipment, mining machinery, textiles and household appliances. In July, at a trade fair outside Havana the Argentines sold the Cubans an estimated $100 million in goods and agreed...