Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Discredited Leader. To forestall any such confrontation, U.S. Special Envoy L. Dean Brown (TIME, April 12) continued his talks with leaders of the Christian and Moslem factions. France also dispatched retired Diplomat Georges Gorse to see what influence Paris could exert...
Damascus has become so embroiled in the tangled conflict that some Middle East observers cynically predict that Lebanon could become "Syria's Viet Nam." The Syrians support the Moslems' basic goal: political reforms that would change an outdated sectarian system in which the Christians have an unjustifiably large share of power. But Syria also wants to prevent a de facto partitioning of the country, which could happen if the Moslems carry on their offensive. A weak Maronite state, Syrians fear, might need foreign support-possibly Israeli-and might become a base for anti-Arab activity. The Syrians have...
...radical youth during an earlier demonstration. Striking metalworkers, demanding higher pay, locked arms in Rome's Piazza Navona and with rhythmic solidarity chanted, "Governo Moro, te ne devi andá-da" ("Governo Moro, you've got to go-go"). Premier Aldo Moro's shaky Christian Democratic minority government was then more directly threatened by the 20,000 Italian feminists who poured through Rome demanding that the country's tough anti-abortion laws be rescinded. The abortion issue suddenly heated up into Moro's most pressing political crisis-and as it grew, it even threatened...
...feminists were protesting a law (TIME, Jan. 5) dating back to Fascist days that makes abortion a criminal act, even though an estimated 1 million Italian women now undergo such operations annually. Pressed not only by feminists but by Communists and socialists as well, moderates within the Christian Democratic Party sought to "de-penalize" the law. Unless they did, pro-abortion groups had the 500,000 signatures necessary to force a national referendum on the issue. Still reeling from the impact of a successful divorce referendum in 1974 that divided and nearly shattered his party, Moro hoped to avoid...
...streets. This carnival of revolutionary optimism belied Allende's dilemma: elected by a modest plurality, his Popular Unity government never held parliamentary power during his three years as President. He was unable to pass any major legislative initiatives. Only by zealous enforcement of laws previously enacted by the Christian Democratic government could he achieve the famous land reforms and nationalizations...