Word: endedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In an effort to cut down on gasoline consumption, as well as traffic accidents, European governments are trying anew to enforce the speed limits imposed on the Continent's highways in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. The response of motorists has been, well, wrathful. In West Germany...
The news was tersely stated on page 3 of Algeria's official government newspaper El Moudjahid: "On the occasion of the 17th anniversary of independence, the measures involving Mr. Ben Bella have been lifted." Thus last week ended the 14-year ordeal of Algeria's first President and...
Like the horse rustlers of an earlier era, gas thieves were on the prowl. Usually they siphoned off gas; occasionally they took the whole car. Some resorted to ingenious ruses. Two men were arrested in Miami after police discovered that a floor board had been cut out of their dilapidated...
So ended Haig's 30-year career in the U.S. Army and his 4½ years as NATO commander. By the weekend he was back in civilian clothes and set to begin a series of speeches and television appearances that will keep him in the public eye for months...
The Basically Bach festival gave Westenburg an opportunity to make himself and his performers the whole show -which he rejected. "That's fine for a genius like Karajan," he says. "I wanted people to be able to sample various ways of looking at Bach." So he brought in Rosalyn...