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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The drama began early last week when Godunov, 30, bolted from his Manhattan hotel, just as the Soviet Union's premier ballet company, the Bolshoi, was about to complete a hugely successful four-week run. Godunov, the Bolshoi's most charismatic star, coolly walked out of his room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Turmoil on the Tarmac | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

The Americans were unconvinced. Determined to talk to Vlasova in a place "where she could see for herself that she is free to go or stay," as McHenry put it, the State Department proposed that she be interviewed in a room adjacent to the plane. This request was also refused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Turmoil on the Tarmac | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Though the six-hour battle left 500 Polisarios dead, compared with 125 Moroccans, according to Rabat's claims, the attack clearly shocked Hassan. Last week the King himself made a somewhat desperate public pitch to justify the annexation and try to regain some international support by portraying himself as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: Shifting Sands | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Government of National Reconstruction was issuing many welcome decrees. First came an end of censorship, permitting long-silenced newspapers like the stridently anti-Somoza La Prensa to start up their presses. Homes, cars and other property that guerrillas had confiscated during their battle with Tacho's national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Steering a Middle Course | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Until elections can be held, at least two years from now, local governments are being literally hailed into office. In Matagalpa, for example, five candidates selected by the F.S.L.N. lined up on the steps of a church. "Do you approve of these men as your representatives?" bellowed a Sandinista commander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Steering a Middle Course | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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