Word: himalayan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...India be saved?" Blitz, a supporter of Mrs. Gandhi, continued: "Political and economic problems of Himalayan dimensions threaten to crash upon the Indira Gandhi government unless it wakes up to the awesome realities...
Sikkim's precarious position on the Tibetan frontier has long worried India, which is responsible for the Himalayan protectorate's foreign relations and defense and keeps a careful eye on domestic affairs as well. The immediate cause for the disturbances, however, is a controversy over Sikkim's bewildering electoral system, which is artfully arranged to keep opposition politicians in a minority in the 24-member legislature. When the ballots were counted after the most recent elections, in late March, the King's Sikkim National Party emerged with eleven seats and the two opposition parties with seven...
...Drag On--Chris Smither (Poppy). An artist like Chris Smither is less likely to scale Himalayan peaks than a joni Mitchell, but this album flies consistently at a remarkably high level. A folk singer whose music is closer to rock and blues than to the classics, Smither has a powerful voice with a controlled roughness. Don't It Drag On is a supremely economical album; each track is strong, the moods are well balanced from sedate to raucous, and Smither never stifles the impact of his or other people's songs with flabby arrangements or excessive lyrics...
Korea, moreover, was only one of several prickly situations that seemed to be yielding to a kind of gathering spirit of conciliation. India's Indira Gandhi and Pakistan's Zulfikar Ali Bhutto met in the Himalayan foothills to talk over their deeply entrenched differences. The Viet Nam negotiations, which the U.S. angrily broke off two months ago, will resume this week when both U.S. Ambassador William Porter and North Viet Nam Chief Negotiator Xuan Thuy return to the Paris peace table, amid fresh speculation that both China and the Soviet Union have been pressing Hanoi to settle...
...Himalayan hill station of Simla, where the plans were laid for the new nation of Pakistan to be carved out of British India 25 years ago, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto pledged last week to "put an end to the conflict and confrontation" that have embroiled the two nations in four wars.*In a document worked out by aides during five days of negotiations, the two leaders agreed to consider the restoration of diplomatic relations and communications, suspended since last December's 13-day war, and to resume air links and overflights...