Word: british
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British public, obviously concerned about which major party can best cope with union demands, appears to favor Callaghan's position. In the past month Labor has climbed in the political polls from a seven-point deficit to a five-point advantage over the Tories. Callaghan is also 17 points ahead of Thatcher in personal popularity, a gain of six points in a single month. In a by-election last month in the marginal Scottish border district of Berwick and East Lothian, Labor managed to retain a seat that the Conservatives had strong hopes of winning...
Although Callaghan has the momentum, the winds of political fortune can still change. While the latest polls show substantial Labor gains, they also indicate strong Tory support, particularly in shifting Midlands districts where British elections can be won and lost. And Callaghan has problems ahead in persuading intransigent workers to accept the wisdom of his incomes policy. Last week 57,000 assembly-line workers at Ford Motor Co. Ltd., in the seventh week of a strike for higher pay, rejected a company offer of a 16.5% increase. Meanwhile, workers in the public sector, from teachers to trash men, are also...
...British gave an eminently practical birthday present: money. Westminster, which has ruled the island since 1805, signed over $20 million, half of that a no-strings grant, the other half an interest-free loan. Next in line were the French, who vowed to build a sports stadium, a jetport and a better road connecting the capital of Roseau (pop. 20,000) with the island's sole landing field, 36 jolting miles away. The U.S. anted up 250 reference volumes for the national library...
...reason for Dominica's push for independence was dissatisfaction with its status as a British "Associated State," which meant that it was something more than a colony but something less than a sovereign nation. As an Associated State, Dominica could not apply for international economic aid or help from any nation other than Britain. Now the island seems intent on attaching itself to every organization with an aid program. Says Dominica's Foreign Minister, Leo Austin, 50: "We will join the Organization of American States, the United Nations, World Bank, all of them...
...series of independent ministates about to pop up in the Caribbean. Within the next twelve months or so it will be followed by St. Lucia (pop. 120,000), St. Vincent (pop. 100,000), Antigua (pop. 75,000) and St. Kitts-Nevis (pop. 50,000). All the islands have been British Associated States, and all are leaving London's paternal embrace hungry for aid. They share one other trait: a capacity to cause problems for the 26-member OAS, which they all plan to join. Each will receive a vote equal to that of the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. Joining...