Word: continental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McNamara, a past president of the World Bank and the oldest living Mason Fellow, praised Ndiaye's "revolutionization of the African Bank" and agreed that without foreign help in providing capital to the continent, Africa would remain in a "disaster situation."
"You can't flood the world with condoms," said McNamara, explaining that stemming the continent's population explosion alone would not be enough. "Africa needs political scientists devoted to developing long-term programs."
Once, wars were called off for the Olympic Games, but lately the Games have been lopped off for wars. Like a wreath bent out of shape by an ocean wave, one Olympic ring at a time, representing a continent or so, has dislodged itself in a snit and drifted away...
Because of its central location, Chicago's O'Hare is the busiest and most congested air-travel crossroads on the continent. Serving as a hub for the two largest U.S. carriers, United and American airlines, O'Hare is expected to handle about 57 million passengers and 800,000 flights this...
To help prevent casualties, Thatcher's Ministry of Defense moved to reduce the high visibility -- and vulnerability -- of British troops on the Continent. The 95,000 British soldiers in West Germany were ordered to exchange special black-and-white military license plates for ordinary British tags. This fall Thatcher plans...