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Word: guer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blacks in the new 100-member Parliament. On many issues the bish op will have the support of the Rhodesian Front, the party of outgoing Prime Minister Ian Smith, which won all of the 28 seats reserved for whites. Both parties recognize the need for unity against the guer rillas of the Patriotic Front. Says a white restaurant owner in Salisbury, expressing a hope shared by many of Rhodesia's 212,000 remaining "Europeans" "The bishop is a weak man who is going to be strong. He will ring up the Presidents [of Zambia and Mozambique] and tell them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RHODESIA: The Bishop's Tough Challenge | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...whether it can unite the country behind a common policy toward its three African territories -Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. All the factions of the left want an immediate settlement with native guerrillas, while the right, supported by many whites in Angola and Mozambique, wants the fight against the guer rillas to go on unabated. In the book that sparked the coup, Portugal and the Future, Spinola himself talked vaguely about a federation of the territories. For their part, rebel groups in all three places have vowed to continue the battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Cheers, Carnations and Problems | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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