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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nkomo, a moderate and the elder statesman of Rhodesian black nationalism, spoke first. To emphasize his conviction that Smith must play no significant role in the transition period, Nkomo stated that the conference should be one "strictly between Zimbabweans [Zimbabwe is the black African name for Rhodesia] of whatever color ... and the United Kingdom," which still technically retains sovereignty over Rhodesia. He vowed that there would be no "racial revenge on the white settlers," for "it is not our intention to substitute one form of evil for another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: No Time for Trembling Knees | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...said to Dr. Kissinger that I am not prepared to think in Rhodesia in terms of color-black v. white. I still believe one must try to get the best people in Rhodesia together. These extremists believe you are going to get the blacks lined up on one side and the whites on the other. My intention is to get blacks and whites in Rhodesia working together and not against one another. Otherwise, God help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Ian Smith: 'Otherwise, God Help Us' | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...reading, so I rewrite everything and get it into my head," he reports. Similarly in the three weeks before E-day, NBC's John Chancellor covered four 12-in. by 17-in. cards with handwritten summaries of electoral and demographic facts. Chancellor's scribblings were all color-coded and organized into 51 tiny squares, one for each state and the District of Columbia. "It takes a long time," he says, "but it makes an anchor man feel comfortable to know the facts are right there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Long Night at the Races | 11/15/1976 | See Source »

...highest bidder, no matter how unethical that bidder may be. Also, it is not clear how students in law school will be able to grasp the situations in which they will have to make ethical decisions without first experiencing the situations themselves. Without feeling the pressures that color the real situations, things tend to look black and white...

Author: By Jim Cramer, | Title: Yes, but lookout | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

...former Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing, the onetime favorite to succeed Chou En-lai as Premier, for erroneously arguing that "it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white so long as it can catch mice." Teng's sin was suggesting that the color of the cat (meaning correct ideology) was less important than such practical results as building the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: New Helmsman with an Old Crew | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

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