Word: britain
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Organized in 1966, the Breton Liberation Front is dedicated to achieving independence for the estimated 1 million Bretons in France who are ethnically and linguistically related to the Celts of ancient Britain. In the past twelve years, Breton militants have attacked 206 symbols of French "imperialism," including the city hall of Rennes in Brittany, state radio and TV centers, a nuclear power plant, and military and police barracks...
...first President of Rhodesia after the African country established itself as a republic in 1970; of cancer; in Salisbury. A dapper London-born soldier who practiced law before turning to politics, Dupont helped draw up the Unilateral Declaration of Independence that first cut Rhodesia's ties with Great Britain in 1965 and reaffirmed white minority rule. As head of state under Prime Minister Ian Smith (he was, he once said, politically far to the right of Smith), he appropriated not only the powers of British Governor Sir Humphrey Gibbs but also his vintage Rolls-Royce. In 1975, he retired...
...around kicking the tires of Jeeps or thumping the sides of armored vehicles, but in other respects the Chinese officers were behaving just like wide-eyed customers inspecting the new models in an auto showroom. Evincing much more interest than the representatives of the 60 other countries attending Britain's Aldershot exhibit of glittering military equipment last week, a six-member Chinese military delegation moved slowly from display to display. It intently studied the Chieftain tank, asked detailed questions about the Clansman tactical communications system and carefully examined dozens of examples from among the 10,000 other items...
...list, first intended to include family friends only, read like a compendium of the Almanack de Gotha and Variety. Among those invited: two ex-Kings (Umberto II of Italy and Michael of Rumania), the Aga Khan, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia and Frank Sinatra, David Niven and Cary Grant. (Britain's Prince Charles, otherwise engaged, sent regrets...
...year or two his latest moves will reduce France's inflation to that of its more successful neighbors. He notes that countries without controls generally have more stable prices-for example, Germany with a rate of 2.7% and Switzerland with 1.7%. Austria, the Benelux countries and even Britain have also done better than France lately. Although designed to keep prices down, controls actually lift them by eliminating competition, in effect turning all industries into cartels. Discount stores are far scarcer in France than in West Germany or the U.S. Since businessmen know that the government will usually give...