Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wife, Empress Farah, 40, Crown Prince Reza, 18, and three other children, shuttle among five palaces in Iran. The Shah enjoys a good game of tennis, skiing at St. Moritz, and flying his own JetStar. He works even harder than he plays, frequently putting in 15-hour days, which are often spent conferring with a handful of trusted advisers...
...whether this is his gravest hour. (With a grim smile) We have had many hours, including some grave ones...
...people on board, 38 died in the crash. Five of the 18 survivors struggled free and left immediately in search of water. Three of the remaining 13 were miraculously spared by hiding when, half an hour later, nine armed guerrilla soldiers arrived. "It's only because I know a terrorist when I see one that I'm still alive," recalled Anthony Hill, 39, an army reservist. He hid in the bush. At first the guerrillas, clad in jungle green uniforms, seemed friendly, promising help. But then they herded together the ten people at the wreckage, robbed them...
...power should be encouraged. Nyerere and Machel accused Nkomo of trying to reach a private agreement with Smith at the expense of Mugabe, and insisted that any negotiation should be conducted through the British government as the legal colonial power in Rhodesia. At one point during the acrimonious nine-hour meeting, Nkomo shouted: "I haven't come here to be attacked...
...were already taking bets on the election's outcome. An estimated $1 million worth of Tory Party advertising was bursting from billboards and TV sets proclaiming LABOR ISN'T WORKING. Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher, 52, canceled a holiday trip to France and waded into a twelve-hour-a-day schedule of speeches and political appearances. For his part, Prime Minister James ("Sunny Jim") Callaghan, 66, seemed as caught up as everyone else in a pre-election whirl, trumpeting the virtues of his Labor Party at the annual Trades Union Congress in a rousing partisan speech that brought...