Word: british
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most difficult problems facing both the Carter Administration and the new British government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is what to do about Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, as the breakaway British colony will be known after the June 1 installation of a black-led government headed by Methodist Bishop Abel Muzorewa. Both Washington and London would like to move cautiously on the questions of whether to recognize the new Salisbury government and whether to lift the economic sanctions currently in effect against Rhodesia. Neither capital is convinced that Muzorewa can run his country effectively, and neither is anxious to offend black African...
...Conservatives won only two seats out of 74 in Quebec, but they swept all the seats in Alberta and took a majority of seats in both Atlantic Canada and British Columbia...
Reaction to the PC minority victory was mixed last night. Harvard Canadian Club President John D. Weston '80 of Vancouver, British Columbia, said, "Like most Westerners I think it's time for a change." Weston said he felt the PC victory was "more a rejection of Trudeau than a positive thrust behind Clark...
...Leaud delivers a perfectly realized portrait of Antoine. Playing Truffaut's autobiographical self, Leaud has merged the three: Antoine, Truffaut and himself. The rest of the performances are equally superb. Claude Jade manages to endow the solemn Christine with a rare subtlety. Nicknamed Peggy Proper because of her almost British reserve, Jade allows this woman's wit and shy humor to shine out. Marie-France Pisier performs most of the heavy dramatics; she gives her Colette a certain desperation well-suited to a woman lawyer unable to get clients and reduced to turning tricks on the night train...
Vance's first meeting, scheduled for today with British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, is expected to be dominated by the dilemma facing both governments over Rhodesia...