Word: continente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Across the continent, revulsion over Moro's assassination was mingled with relief that Italy had withstood such a tragic test. But at the same time, it became clear that Italy's long bout with political violence was far from over. Gunmen from the Red Brigades and members of...
Is there any way to break out of the cycle of rate increases, leading to fewer mailings and then to more rate increases? The House last month passed, by 384 to 11, a bill that would repeal the $920 million ceiling on Government contributions to the service out of tax...
Until 1968 the Roman Catholic bishops of Latin America were seen by many as friends of the rich, supporters of the status quo and allies of oppressive regimes. Then, in a general conference convened that year in the Colombian city of Medellin, they declared their independence, denouncing "institutionalized violence" in...
That expectation itself may be unrealistic, especially where repressive regimes almost cry out for some sharp judgments. Brazil's bishops, for example, seemed in no mood to pussyfoot last week. Their own agenda for Puebla focused on "glaring social inequities" and "unjust division of land," and cited the enormous...
DOMINATED BY INTELLECTUALS, the Parti Quebecois is an umbrella party which unites under its independentist banner people of both leftist and rightist persuasions. In its first cabinet, for instance, the P.Q. government had both a labor minister who fought for the highest minimum wage on the continent and for pro...