Word: britain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...arrivals seem motivated by the challenge of building a new, multiracial Zimbabwe; on the contrary, they seem to relish the fading trappings of white supremacy. Says a recently arrived young Englishman: "I'm sick of the situation in Britain, the unions, the high taxes, the lack of opportunity." William McBurnie, 32, a diesel fitter from the Protestant town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland, began work last week in Bindura, a farming community 40 miles from Salisbury. "I have a great respect for [Prime Minister] Ian Smith and the way the government stands up for the army and the Europeans...
...process case," Humes says, adding that the medical and legal professions in the U.S. find themselves in the midst of a 40-year-old "blunder" on the issue of recognizing cannabis as a legitimate medicine. Buttressing his contentions, Humes cites the 1893 Indian Hemp Commission Report published in Victorian Britain, that attests to the usefulness of cannabis in treating ailments ranging from menstrual cramps to migraine headaches...
Indeed much is being done. For the past three decades, the Japanese movement against the atom and hydrogen bombs has warned against the nuclear danger. In Britain and Europe the International Confederation for Peace and Disarmament has consistently worked on this issue. The World Peace Council, too, continues to push for detente and disarmament. These international movements are working closely with non-governmental organizations all over the globe to create maximum impact on the U.N. Special Assembly on Disarmament in May, 1978. There is clearly a growing international sentiment expressing the demand for zero nuclear weapons and a stop...
Commercial success for the minitube is also a life-or-death issue for Britain's Sinclair Radionics, which has shown itself adept at technology but unlucky at marketing. The firm was founded in 1962 to make and sell transistor radios developed by Clive Sinclair; he had soaked up a knowledge of electronics while working as a writer for a British company that specialized in technical manuals. By 1967 he had diversified into hi-fi systems. A few years later, he introduced the elegant, expensive and popular line of "Executive" calculators in Europe and the U.S. But in 1975 such...
...company's troubles came at a bad time. After a dozen years of research, Sinclair was ready to make his midget television set; initial production costs alone were estimated at close to $6 million. He turned for help to Britain's National Enterprise Board, a government agency that provides investment funds for private companies. To get needed capital, Sinclair agreed to cede control of his company to the NEB until his firm makes enough profit to pay back the agency...