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The present policy of the United States toward the continent views Africa in terms of East and West, overlooks the real ambitions of African nations and drives these nations away from common policies with the U.S., Tsongas said. said.

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Sen. Tsongas Decries Policy Toward Africa | 10/6/1979 | See Source »

Earlier today, I set foot on the soil of the United States of America. In the name of Christ I begin a pastoral journey that will take me to several of your cities. At the beginning of this year, I had the occasion to greet this continent and its people...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pope Speaks to Youth | 10/2/1979 | See Source »

The empire was mercifully short-lived. While Bokassa was away in Libya last week, he was deposed in a bloodless, midnight coup by former President David Dacko, himself overthrown by Bokassa in 1966. The downfall of the "Butcher of Bangui" gave Africa something to cheer about: the continent is now...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Three Down | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

The film's setting is an idealized Lancashire town where American G.I.s are stationed while waiting to invade the Continent. The plot is Hollywood's ancient love-today-for-tomorrow-we-die formula, taken to the third power: three Yanks of varying rank (Richard Gere, William Devane, Chick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Winter of '42 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

Like the little boy of The Painted Bird, Kosinski wandered the villages of Eastern Europe alone while World War II ravaged the continent. Like the idiot of Being There, Kosinski abandoned Europe for the United States, arriving there stupid and mute. And like the heroes of his later novels, he...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Horse Play | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

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