Word: buffer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...majority rule is his belief in the ultimate backing he enjoys from the white population of neighboring South Africa. Smith appears unmoved by recent nationalist successes in Mozambique and Angola and changes in South African policy which have combined to transform Rhodesia's status from that of a white buffer state firmly supported by Pretoria to a tenuous peninsula of white minority rule with uncertain South African support. Vorster has repeatedly stated that he would rather see a stable black government in Rhodesia than an unstable white one, and he realistically fears that the outbreak of open racial...
...contrast of wealth and poverty so apparent in most Latin American countries is less stark in Puerto Rico. Between the shacks and the skyscrapers lies a buffer zone of crackerbox concrete housing developments with a Volkswagen in every garage. Twenty years of industrial development as a self-governing commonwealth under American rule have created a large middle class whose veneer of prosperity conceals the extensive poverty that afflicts large sectors of the island's population...
...apparently worked out the latest move affably. "Relations were far better than we expected," reported one Israeli officer. "We drank coffee and played soccer together. If we kept up this atmosphere, we could have peace." A 4,400-man United Nations Emergency Force nevertheless took up positions in a buffer zone between the two armies. The Americans will monitor any movement by the two armies from three watch stations in the passes. So will more sophisticated Israeli...
Inside a 52-ft.-high aluminum geodesic dome, which acts as a buffer against the drifting snow, are three prefabricated buildings resembling large mobile homes. They contain sleeping facilities for 40 people, a communications center (including a ham radio shack for contacts with home), a dining hall and kitchen, a small gym and library, a photographic darkroom and several computer-equipped scientific laboratories. In Quonset-like buildings adjoining the dome are the base's power plant, biology lab, dispensary and garage. One of the huts also shelters an ingenious freshwater system that uses heat from the diesel generators...
...neutral zone between armies. The zone is controlled by Syrian authorities who exercise full administrative powers. There are Syrian police and administrative personnel in the zone; only the Syrian army is not there. The situation is thus different from the Sinai, where the force is present in a buffer zone under the control of neither Egypt nor Israel...