Word: detested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arabs imposed the oil embargo on South Africa partly in order to win favor with Black African nations that detest South Africa's apartheid policies, partly because they were angered by the fact that South Africa permitted its Jewish citizens to send money to Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The direct effect of the embargo has been minimal. Endowed by nature with rich coal deposits, South Africa derives only 20% of its energy from oil, v. 46% for the U.S. Even so, it thoughtfully stockpiled oil in advance. Buried deep in otherwise unused Transvaal coal mines...
...satisfaction, most of the response to your article on Last Tango was negative. This showed me that there are still many sensible people in the U.S. who detest such material in their magazines...
...Tomorrow I will offer my youth to the revolution," wrote Luong Trong Tan of the 320th North Vietnamese Division shortly before he was killed. "Tomorrow our country will be unified and I will enjoy a peaceful spring...How I detest...
Simon: I detest...
Bitter Battle. Hussein had timed the announcement of his federation plan to influence municipal elections being held this week in ten West Bank towns. He thereby intruded into a bitter election battle between Palestinian guerrillas and Israeli occupation forces. The fedayeen, who detest Hussein and want a free Palestine, were determined to prevent, by terrorism if necessary, the elections that Israel is sponsoring as part of its program to "normalize" life on the West Bank. From Baghdad, Guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat warned that "collaborators with Hussein in the new plan will be assassinated." Six frightened candidates from Nablus withdrew, including...