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Word: forcefullness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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One of them, led by forceful Josephine Abaijah, 32, who is the only woman in the 100-member Papua New Guinea Parliament, trumpets independence for the southern region of Papua. A more serious threat to the new nation comes from separatists on the outlying island of Bougainville. Coal-black farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The Reluctant Nation | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

If the long awaited switch was a settlement, it seemed unlikely to prove a solution to the political crisis that has plagued the country for the past two months. For one thing, Pinheiro de Azevedo's politics are somewhat suspect to the moderates; some of his closest aides are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Out But Not Down | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

As Paulina's husband Antigonus, William Larsen is forceful in defending Hermione to Leontes. When, on executing the order to expose the queen's baby daughter to fate and the elements he narrates his dream about Hermione, we actually see the queen upstage hovering in the air. Antigonus's departure...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Leontes Damages The Winter's Tale' | 8/5/1975 | See Source »

Alexander seemed a good catch for many reasons. His maternal grandfather, Alexander Koryzis, was Premier of Greece when the Nazis invaded in 1941. His father is not only a self-made millionaire in the buccaneer Onassis mold, but also a former professor of law at the Athens Graduate School of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Multimillion-Dollar Match | 8/4/1975 | See Source »

The end of the Viet Nam War has forced on Japan a new awareness of its vulnerability. For the first time since the start of the Korean War 25 years ago, Japanese business executives and politicians are discussing privately how they might join with the U.S. in case of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASIA: Balancing the Tiger with the Wolf | 7/14/1975 | See Source »

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