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Word: countryful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another source of friction concerns the time required to establish the ceasefire. Carrington feels it can be carried out in less than two weeks. But the Patriotic Front leaders insist they will need several months to get their supporters back into the country from their bases in Mozambique, Angola and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: It Seems Like a Miracle | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Once this is accomplished, a British Governor will fly to Salisbury to hoist the Union Jack and officially return the country to colonial status. The most likely candidate for that job appears to be Lord Soames, 59, a son-in-law of Winston Churchill's and a Minister Without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: It Seems Like a Miracle | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

The irony of the white about-face was reflected most strikingly, perhaps, in Smith's new conciliatory attitude. Speaking in Salisbury last week on the 14th anniversary of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Smith astounded many observers by stating, "You can't exclude [the Patriotic Front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: It Seems Like a Miracle | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Some Rhodesian economists estimate that about $2 billion could flow into the country within 13 months after the final lifting of sanctions. Local whites are now talking less of emigrating and more of enjoying the benefits of the anticipated economic boom. They are raising the prices of their elegant colonial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ZIMBABWE RHODESIA: It Seems Like a Miracle | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Perhaps because his thoughts dwelled so much on the West Bank last week, Begin seemed strangely impervious to his coalition's defeat in the Knesset over an amendment to the country's abortion law. Agudat Israel, an orthodox religious party, had joined the Begin bloc in exchange for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Misquoted on a Massacre | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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