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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tribal enmity,* along with ideological disputes between the left-leaning Mugabe and the more pragmatic Nkomo, could pose a serious threat to the cease-fire plan. The two groups considered joining their forces under a single command and mounting a unified campaign in the forthcoming elections. Nevertheless, many guerrillas have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Boys in the Bush | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Throughout the region, there is a virtually unanimous belief that the current semblance of stability would be shattered by U.S. military intervention in Iran, regardless of the provocation. Says a political science professor in Kuwait: "It would lead to a direct explosion." The moral, in the words of a respected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Proceed with Caution | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

The words were backed by the kind of action that is rapidly becoming the hallmark of Britain's fighting lady. During a two-hour morning session with Carter in the Oval Office, Thatcher pledged to support the U.S. if Washington asked the United Nations Security Council to impose economic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Lady Is a Champ | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

The swift completion of the trial reflected the sense of urgency on the part of Park's elected successor, Choi Kyu Hah, to try to keep the country on the path to normality after the trauma of the assassination. Yet Choi himself, who was formally inaugurated as President last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Acting Like Big Brother | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Many seem to miss the sense of national unity and purpose they felt under Stalin in World War II and the hope that peace would bring real freedom. For them, Stalin's birthday is an event to be remembered, if not celebrated. Says one Moscow intellectual: "The longing is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Stalin's 100th | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

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