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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Muzorewa's hopes of winning prompt international recognition received a setback last week: sources close to Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher revealed that she has modified her earlier view that Britain should quickly lift economic sanctions against Zimbabwe Rhodesia. During a brief visit to Australia, Thatcher said that she expected the House of Commons would simply not renew the sanctions when they expire in November. She added: "The question of recognition is a slightly wider problem and could take just a little longer...
...animals can send out such unconscious messages, do humans have the same skills? Perhaps, say some researchers. One tantalizing clue comes from "menstrual synchrony," the common phenomenon of women who are close friends, or live together. In 1971 University of Chicago Psychologist Martha McClintock, then at Harvard, tested 135 women and showed that the menstrual cycles of friends and roommates moved from an average of 8.5 days apart to less than 5 days during a school year...
...hurtling along the dangerous edge of a cliff, and in this difficult year the road is trickier than usual. Chrysler Corp., long plagued by uncompetitive products and a lack of cash, is expected to follow its first quarter $53.8 million loss with a second quarter deficit that could come close to $200 million. The company may end the year with a loss of more than $400 million, double last year's $204.6 million deficit. Chairman John Riccardo has made a dozen trips to Washington since mid-1978 to plead for tax breaks and relief from some federal environmental...
...more than tripled, IBM has quintupled), and relatively high-priced stocks usually have sharper swing than do lower-priced ones. Had IBM and Merck replaced Chrysler and Esmark in the Dow at this time last year, the average would have been more than 14 points higher than its 843 close on the last...
...reporter relied on the Sixth Amendment, which provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial," and claimed a "right to access" under the First Amendment. The judge was unpersuaded; he saw a "reasonable probability of prejudice." His decision to close the court was first overturned, then upheld before it reached the Supreme Court...