Word: geo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Carter lands in the Nigerian capital of Lagos, the talk will turn to geo-political issues. The President considers Nigeria to be a key mediator in African security problems, especially in southern Africa. Nigerian Chief of State Lieut. General Olusegun Obasanjo has taken a strong stand in favor of peaceful accession to black majority rule in the white-dominated southern region...
...result so far is something of a geo-political standoff. The Soviets have lost their primary Indian Ocean naval facility, but can probably find some kind of alternative-possibly on Ethiopia's Red Sea coastline. They have exchanged the friendship of Somalia for that of a far bigger country. But Ethiopia is an extremely fragile ally that is fighting wars in its northern province of Eritrea as well as the Ogaden, and is led by an unstable junta. Only last week the junta executed its second in command, Lieut. Colonel Atnafu Abate...
...strongly support--has unfortunately had limited success in winning restraint. President Ford's abandonment of the term 'detente' clearly shows a recognition that the more extreme claims made for changes in the superpowers' relationship were quite unrealistic. Stability is disturbed and tension increased if the Soviet Union makes geo-political gains through its support of wars of national liberation, by the use of surrogates...
...become--maybe it's always been-boring. The "Talk of the Town" section with its plural-voiced inanities, the epic profiles of dull people, the humor pieces heavier with syrup than satire--this is what fills The New Yorker. Get rid of the cartoons--the work of Lorenz, Geo. Price, Charles Addams--and there is not much left. An occasional piece by Woody Allen. Richard Goodwin's political writing. Pauline Kael. What else...
...mathematical illiterates who would be lost without their machines. John Kounjain, mathematics director for the Watertown, Mass., public schools, calls the use of calculators "kind of ridiculous. You can't give the students a $19 calculator and then forget about teaching them the four basic functions." William Geo, a Denver math supervisor, says he gets an adverse reaction from some older teachers "who think that kids should be 100% independent." Others are concerned that students who can afford electronic brains will have an unfair advantage over those who cannot, although most school systems have moved quickly to prohibit their...