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In Africa, where Portugal has an army of 160,000 men stationed in its major three colonies, the course of the coup was followed as eagerly as it was in Lisbon. In Lourenço Marques, capital of Mozambique, crowds gathered outside newspaper offices to buy up papers as they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Whiff of Freedom for the Oldest Empire | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

South Africa would be faced with a similar situation in regard to the Mozambican port of Lourenco Marques, which now carries much of the traffic to and from Johannesburg, South Africa's industrial capital. All of this cargo would now have to be routed through one of South Africa's...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: The Prospect for Portuguese Africa | 5/2/1974 | See Source »

This year's team maintains the standard. The Walton gang includes the likes of Dave Meyers, a rangy shooting threat from outside; Marques Johnson, a strong, aggressive freshman forward; Tommy Curtis, a bandy-legged spark plug and ball handler; and Keith ("Silk") Wilkes, a high-scoring forward who may...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Walton: Basketball's Vegetarian Tiger | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

For more patterned play, Wooden deploys four men near the basket-three forwards and the center-leaving only one guard to bring the ball up court and start the play. In this "low-post" system, Guard Tommy Curtis' priority is to pass the ball to Walton, positioned on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: John Wooden's Simple Strategy | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

Two priests of the Spanish Burgos Fathers who earlier supported allegations of the massacre have been detained by Portuguese authorities in Lourengo Marques on unspecified charges "relating to the security of the state." Their fellow priests at the Mission of São Pedro, near Tete, will say nothing. Some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOZAMBIQUE: Mystery Massacre | 7/30/1973 | See Source »

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