Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ceremonies, which were usually held in the soccer stadium of the new capital city, were full of joy," says Griggs. "At midnight, as the old colonial flag was lowered and the new flag was raised, the crowd would cheer and fireworks would greet the birth of a nation. Yet when I revisited those countries a few years later, the promises of socialism had become the ploys of power politics...
...nation-wide research group was originally investigating a higher prevalence of hypertension in blacks than in whites, and found that hypertension was 40 per cent less prevalent in college graduates than in those with less than ten years of schooling...
...Stendahl says, adding that because this was so, a large number of people interested in a career in religion went into teaching. In his report, Stendahl says, "A theology that does not exist and grow in some kind of continuity with the cultural, educational and academic climate of the nation will not take deep roots in the life of that nation," adding that theological ideas that are not in continuity with American culture "have the character of cut flowers or at best potted plants not capable of outdoor survival...
...crisis may be the nation's worst. The Michigan Chemical Company of St. Louis, Mich., manufactured a feed grain additive called Nutrimaster. The company also produced a fire retardant, Firemaster, the only commercial product in the United States that contains PBB. In September 1973, several bags of Firemaster were mistakenly shipped with the Nutrimaster to the Michigan Farm Bureau for distribution to Michigan's farmers. Within weeks, cattle throughout the state began to sicken...
...after the nation-wide student strikes of spring, 1970, protesting the invasion of Cambodia and the murders at Kent and Jackson State, "there was a lot of disillusionment" among radicals at Harvard, Smith says. Attracted by the alternative lifestyle, many radicals moved to the Quad. Subsequently, radical groups such as the New American Movement (NAM), and events such as the protest against Honeywell (which manufactured anti-personnel weapons) emanated from the Quad...