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Word: countryful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are now 70 commercial and two government-owned nuclear plants in the country. Another 91 are under construction or have construction licenses.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Key Legislators Criticize Nuclear Panel's Findings | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

He has cultivated the image of a politician above petty party politics. "He knew that it could just put him under, but he sacrificed his political popularity to do something for the country and you don't find that in politicians often," says Cissy Baker, the senator's daughter and...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Mr. Statesman | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

Dr. Motlana is one of the unofficial leaders of South Africa's urban blacks. He is chairman of the Soweto Committee of Ten, a grassroots black organization designed to better the political and social life of the urban black. The South African government has twice banned Dr. Motlana. His eldest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Struggle Ahead for Soweto | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

Dr. M.: Yes, of course we're concerned. I was banned twice, I'll probably be banned again. They could banish me to the Kalahari desert. Of course we are afraid. My son was forced to leave the country, the BOSS intercept our correspondence with him. We are against a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Struggle Ahead for Soweto | 11/1/1979 | See Source »

More importantly, Podhoretz' notion of the power of the ideas of intellectuals is illusory. As editor of Commentary, he believes the ideas will determine the political actions of his country by themselves. But ideas only truly take hold in a society if they represent a class or interest. We are...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: The Business of Intellectuals | 10/31/1979 | See Source »

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