Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Millions had watched the commando operation on television, and when it was over, all Britain was in a mood to celebrate. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hailed it as "a brilliant operation, carried out with courage and confidence," which made her countrymen "proud to be British...
Steadfastly refusing to treat with Mandela, whom he calls an "arch-Marxist," South Africa's Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha nonetheless began advising his countrymen to "adapt or die" even before Mugabe's landslide victory. He endorsed certain racial reforms in the labor field and began pushing for a constitutional revision that would give nonwhites some limited political voice. But such gestures fall far short of black demands, and Botha is reluctant to press for more substantial changes in the face of strong opposition from his National Party's right wing...
Though Banisadr joined his countrymen in making radical, anti-American statements last week, he also let it be known that the U.S. had overlooked a concession made by Khomeini. While refusing to take control of the hostages, Khomeini said that they could have visitors "under the supervision of the authorities." The earlier restrictions he had put on visits wrecked the U.N. commission that was in Tehran to negotiate last month...
Talmon's harsh judgment is apparently shared by many of his countrymen. According to a public opinion poll published last week by the Jerusalem Post, Begin's right-wing Likud coalition would be easily ousted from power by the opposition Labor Party if the elections were held today. (They are not scheduled until October 1981.) Reaching similar conclusions, Pollster Mina Zemach attributed Begin's dramatic drop in popularity largely to domestic issues, but the settlement policy was clearly a factor: 50% of those polled were opposed to allowing Jews to settle in the Arab city of Hebron...
...trouble with the pace. In three weeks, erudite, easygoing Ze'ev Binyamin Begin, 37, son of Israel's Premier, managed flying visits to 20 U.S. campuses on a private, expenses-only trip to bring "the message of Israel" to students and, it was hoped, offset what his countrymen see as rising anti-Israel sentiment among American youth. "People don't have to agree with the Israeli government," conceded Begin, "but I think we have a valid position." Binyamin is a geologist (with a Ph.D. from Colorado State University), "a profession," he joked, "as non-Jewish as rain...