Word: lastly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irony of the white about-face was reflected most strikingly, perhaps, in Smith's new conciliatory attitude. Speaking in Salisbury last week on the 14th anniversary of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Smith astounded many observers by stating, "You can't exclude [the Patriotic Front]. They're going to be part of the country." In an interview with TIME's Trevor Grundy, Smith expressed confidence that whites would survive and prosper under a new black regime, despite the militant, quasi-Marxist statements of the Patriotic Front. Said Smith: "The last thing [black politicians] want...
...sudden shift is less a change of heart or mind in many cases than an anticipation of the economic boom it is hoped will come with peace and legality. There was a glimpse of the future when the Thatcher government last week allowed some of the sanctions to lapse; the remainder will almost certainly be lifted after the British Governor arrives in Salisbury. President Carter, meanwhile, declined to end U.S. sanctions immediately but broadly hinted that he would do so as soon as the Lancaster House Conference reaches a successful conclusion...
Carrington has had little time for such pursuits since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher named him Foreign Secretary last May. The two appear to work exceedingly well together, and the Foreign Secretary has emerged as one of her most influential Cabinet members. Shortly after settling into his Whitehall office, Carrington saved Thatcher from a colossal political blunder on the Rhodesian question by persuading her not to recognize the Muzorewa regime prematurely. After the Prime Minister rather coldly argued that Britain would not accept any Vietnamese "boat people" refugees, Carrington flew to Hong Kong to observe their plight for himself. When...
...Foreign Office views where they really count: in the Cabinet. Says one Tory colleague: "Nobody can challenge him on foreign policy; and that includes Margaret Thatcher." After his deft handling of the Zimbabwe Rhodesia talks, Carrington's reputation stands higher than ever. As Owen graciously put it last week: "He is the man who did it, and I congratulate...
...Treason, claimed that there had been a "fourth man" in the Burgess-Maclean-Philby spy ring of the 1940s and early 1950s. Boyle, who apparently drew heavily on sources formerly in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, even hinted broadly at his name, prompting questions from Labor members in Parliament. Last week Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher replied with a written statement that essentially admitted it was all true. There had been a fourth spy, and he had confessed to British intelligence in 1964. He was Sir Anthony Blunt, an art historian who was knighted by the Queen...