Word: franco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that they took most of the fall to decide on their first-string quarterback, they entered the play-offs with a 10-3-1 record. Then, in the process of defeating Buffalo and Oakland to qualify for the Super Bowl, the Steelers really got their offense humming. Running Back Franco Harris remembered how to rumble through tacklers like a tank. Quarterback Terry Bradshaw recalled that he is, after all, No. 1 in Pittsburgh. During recent games, says Coach Chuck Noll, "Bradshaw has been masterful...
...think the President has put his house in order." Events seemed to support that judgment. Ford returned from a conference with French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing in an upbeat mood. While reducing differences on their approaches to dealing with the oil cartel, the two leaders also defrosted Franco-American relations a bit. At home, the Administration's energy experts finally completed the package of options from which Ford must select hard choices (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). Rumsfeld finished work on a White House staff overhaul ("It's pure Jerry Ford," he said). And, at long last...
...their people will come to their senses and call them back. The only one who seems to have a real chance of resuming the kingly tradition, however, is Don Juan's son Prince Juan Carlos, who has been promised the Spanish throne on the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco...
...notion, many Europeans believed that it would mean the dismantling of the Common Market, with Britain and Italy cast adrift. "One can say that the main reason Italy is still democratic and not fascistic is that it is tied to the rest of Europe," says Rome University Sociologist Franco Ferrarotti. "If Italy is cut loose, it will truly become a disaster." Brandt's proposal, adds an American diplomat, would mean "the breakup of the Community on the installment plan...
...Spain, where opposition parties are banned by the regime, Communists have quietly begun to plan for the day when Generalissimo Francisco Franco dies and Western Europe's oldest dictatorship is replaced by more representative government. The Communists in Spain are probably the most disciplined and dedicated force on the political left. They have operated secretly inside the country and more openly outside...