Word: eral
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government, has proposed a new compact, which is now be ing discussed in Congress. The island would be explicitly recognized as a sovereign entity voluntarily choosing union with the U.S. Puerto Ricans would remain U.S. citizens but, unless they live on the mainland, still could not vote for fed eral offices. Most important, Puerto Rico would gain full autonomy in specific areas, perhaps including the setting of minimum wages, environmental controls and tariffs, and regulating immigration. It would be able to import some goods without paying duties...
...passions that divide Lebanon's factions have shattered a score of cease-fires so far, how ever, and the air force's entry into the fighting further weakens the already slim possibility of a lasting truce. Syria's armed forces chief of staff, Major Gen eral Hikmat Shehabi, arrived in Beirut just before the strike at Damur to try to help resolve the crisis. His and other Arab efforts seemed to bear some small fruit: As this week began, Premier Karami announced yet another cease fire. But it was doubtful that the new truce would prove...
...have always styled myself a Democrat, congratulating myself on my lib eral outlook. Lately though, it seems that I agree with President Ford more than I agree with my own Democratic Congress. Gerald Ford seems to be realistic, as his decision to sign the treaty in Helsinki shows. Far from being a betrayal of Eastern Europe, this document is an acknowledgment of Europe as it is today. Our denial of its existence is hardly going to make the Berlin Wall go away...
...Voting Rights Act of 1965 had largely settled the issue, imposing fed eral supervision on any state where fewer than half the voters were registered and literacy tests were required...
...velous blend of the Tchaikovsky-Push kin talents telling the unhappy tale of an obsessive gambler named Hermann who makes a pact with the dead to win a for tune. The singing on the first night (again Atlantov, Mazurok and Milash-kina) was excellent, but here, as on sev eral other occasions, the real stars were Conductor Yuri Simonov, 34, and his powerhouse orchestra, who seize upon each moment of melodrama. "Whatever is written in the score should be heard," says Simonov, echoing his idol, the late Arturo Toscanini. That goes for voices too. Simonov has a knack, for allowing...