Word: northern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Helsinki agreement. At White House direction, the State Department is already studying possible revisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. Nor has Western Europe been blameless. Restrictions on political activity still prevail in Spain. Britain has admitted extensive violations of human rights in jailing dissidents in Northern Ireland...
...President was skating on thin ice. One of the most notable facts about Carter's rise to the presidency was that he had no solid power base to count on. He won by putting together a remarkable but shaky coalition-liberals, conservatives, old-line Democrats, blacks, Southern rednecks, Northern hardhats. He seemed to promise something to everyone, and stressed themes that cut across ideological barriers: welfare reform, Government reorganization and, even more fundamentally, trust ("I'll never...
...lyrics are mostly in Portuguese, but his songs, with their optimism and off-the-cuff spirit, transcend language barriers. There is an only-just-bounded energy to this music, a warmth that is a welcome change from dark northern days. Close your eyes and you could almost be 5000 miles away...
...northern end of the line, TIME Jerusalem Bureau Chief Donald Neff reports from the scene, are 17 Israeli settlements, dominated by the major village of Yamit. Established only 15 months ago, Yamit is a bustling community of 850 inhabitants who commute to jobs in Israel proper, and construction is under way on housing for hundreds more. Central Sinai, east of the Giddi and Mitla passes, is a natural battlefield and ideal tank country. So far, Israel and Egypt have fought three wars there in only 20 years. Israel intends to hold this area with military installations. At Bir Gifgafa...
...Fula, lingua franca in northern Cameroun but spoken in several other western African countries, having sizable literature in Arabic and Latin script, spoken by over five million people...