Word: iceland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iceland 3, Britain...
What triggered the most recent conflict was Iceland's unilateral claim last October that its territorial waters extended 200 miles from its coast...
...When Iceland's patrol boats attempted to thwart British fishing by cutting the trawlers' costly nets and towlines, British fishermen demanded protection. London responded by ordering Royal Navy frigates into the area to shield the trawlers from the Icelandic boats. What often followed was a seaborne game of "chicken." Ships of the two countries, in fact, came so close together in the choppy waters that they collided dozens of times. To tiny Iceland (pop. 219,000), the conflict again became a matter of David's facing down Goliath. But it was also a matter of economic survival...
...piano. But no need to fear the historians' old canard about each epoch of artistic plenty being followed by drought. The best of today's pianists are already being pressed by some younger challengers, among them Vladimir Ashkenazy, 38, the Russian-born star who now lives in Iceland, and Italy's Maurizio Pollini, 34. They, in turn, have to look over their shoulders at even younger contenders...
...hazardous standoff continues there is a strong chance that the encounters between Icelandic gunboats and British frigates may cause a fatal accident. Should one Icelandic sailor die government officials warn, public opinion may demand a break with NATO Such a break would both please and enhance the political clout of the Communist-oriented "People's Alliance," which has eleven seats in Reykiavik's 1,000-year-old Parliament. It might also benefit the Soviet Union, whose trawlers, during the cod war with Britain have scrupulously observed Iceland's 200-mile fishing limit...