Word: olafur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once an island of stability 500 miles from Britain out in the North Atlantic, has caught the spreading governmental malaise. After the country's ruling three-party coalition split up last week over how to deal with a rate of inflation that could reach 42% this year, Premier Olafur Jóhannesson dissolved Parliament and called for new elections on June...
...firing of 24 rounds of ammunition-live and blank. The peace also ended a threat by Iceland to shut down the NATO base at Keflavik. The breakthrough came last month after a meeting in London between Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath and Iceland's Prime Minister Olafur Johannesson...