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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been described as a modern-day Cecil Rhodes. If anything, comparison with the great 19th century imperialist understates the restless, driving ambition and material success of Roland ("Tiny") Rowland, 60, chief executive of the London-based conglomerate Lonrho, Ltd. Rowland has transformed a small initial stake in Africa into one of the continent's biggest commercial empires. Among his friends are Presidents Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre, Hastings Kamuzu Banda of Malawi and Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya -not to mention Prime Minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Bye-Bye for Tiny Rowland | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...fight. In the end, they ignore the problem. They turn their eyes from Palestinian troubles and finally talk about something else. A history of four wars, of almost daily terrorism, of hatred and struggle, has become so overpowering that the sound of the word occupation seems pale by comparison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: West Bank: The Cruelest Conflict | 6/19/1978 | See Source »

...billion, up $17 billion in a single year. HEW has the third largest budget in the world, outranked only by those of the U.S. Government and the Soviet Union. Its spending roughly equals that of all 50 states combined. The department goes through $500 million every day. By comparison, the Pentagon is a piker's operation (1979 budget: $118 billion). That fact alone indicates how American priorities have changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Beneficent Monster | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...economic summit meeting, in Bonn, of the seven biggest industrial powers. Included: cancellation of debts owed to West Germany by some of the poorest countries. Japan promises to increase its foreign aid to $2.2 billion by next year, double the 1976 figure, though still a pittance in comparison with the nation's $29.6 billion in monetary reserves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Case for a Global Marshall Plan | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

...which ACT introduced major changes into the MCATs two years ago provides an interesting comparison with ETS's methodology. Five years before the change, ACT began testing experimental questions in preparation. "This was a long, gradual process, and the med schools knew about it from the start," Sentress, of ACT, said...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Facing the Test: Grad School as Statistical Uncertainty | 6/8/1978 | See Source »

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