Word: lawful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once before, against Rhodesia in 1966. Noting that Tehran has repeatedly ignored U.N. pleas for the hostages' release, Carter declared on nationwide TV: "Iran stands in arrogant defiance of the world community." At stake, said the President, are the "foundations of civilized diplomacy [and] the integrity of international law...
...fact, the divisions were sharp enough to raise questions about the future of OPEC. While its members' separate price rises will cause immediate pain to the rest of the world, they also present an opportunity for oil-importing nations to counter OPEC by cutting demand. Market forces, the law of supply and demand, will have a much bigger influence than before...
...himself, who was formally inaugurated as President last week, the day after the Kim verdict, had far more on his mind than retribution for Park's slaying. For one thing, Seoul was still swirling with apprehensions in the wake of the stunning, couplike arrest of the former martial law commander, General Chung Seung Hwa, and a dozen other senior officers by a group of aggressive younger generals. For another, U.S. diplomats and military leaders in the capital who had previously stood aloof were now actively urging that the South Korean military keep clear of politics, and that Choi...
Students' ire against Law...
...University had provoked a violent clash with the army that helped topple the country's military junta. Now the marchers, 15,000 strong from all political factions, swept through the streets of Athens with a more peaceful aim: to protest a grapeshot series of educational reforms known as Law 815. Trying to play it safe, the conservative government of Premier Constantine Caramanlis had closed the country's seven universities (total enrollment: 100,000). But as it turned out, the students intensified their challenge by staging a takeover of the campuses for six days of marathon sit-ins. "Hands...