Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...claim to legitimacy rests on Mao's supposed deathbed benediction of his leadership. Thus the restored presence of Teng, who was twice ousted by Mao, may suggest to party workers that Hua is vulnerable. The Chairman, in fact, is a relatively youthful (56) political newcomer without a power base in the party or the armed forces to bolster his position. Moreover, Teng has become something of a national hero because of his feisty, down-to-earth opposition to the boring, bewildering political zealotry espoused by the widely hated Chiang...
...many of the new names due to appear in showrooms will be carried by subcompacts being introduced to do battle with the smaller, zippier imports, such as the Honda Civic and Volkswagen Rabbit, whose sales are booming. GM's current entry in this field, the trim little Chevette (base price: $3,225, v. $3,499 for a Rabbit), was introduced in 1975, but Chrysler now plans to follow with the country's first front-wheel-drive subcompacts, the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon. Ford, too, will offer a front-wheel-drive subcompact, the Fiesta, though the car will...
Five Arab states in the Middle East-Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Libya, North Yemen-base their laws on the Koran. In Egypt, which prides itself on its Western-style sophistication, a parliamentary commission is at work on a new code, based on Islamic law, that would make apostasy, among other crimes, punishable by death. A rider to the proposed bill provides that if a Muslim becomes a Communist he would be considered apostate and therefore subject to beheading...
...sued "to defend the right of the artist over his creation"-and lost. Undaunted, he has appealed the case, supported by a group of painters, musicians and writers, including Joan Miró, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen and Eugène Ionesco. Meanwhile, Renault has started to bury the concrete base and central basin of the monument. They plan to turn the 2,150-sq.-yd. area into a lawn...
...capital invasion is heartily welcomed by Washington. Commerce Department officials eagerly note that besides helping to offset somewhat the U.S.'s currently huge import bill (TIME, July 11), foreign investments in manufacturing have helped provide jobs (1.5 million by Commerce's reckoning) and broaden the tax base of local governments. Foreigners, for their part, are often surprised by the freedom of operation they enjoy in the U.S. Foreign businessmen find a tolerance of competition that would be inconceivable in their own countries. Example: Lucas Industries, the big British auto-parts maker, dispatched...