Word: orly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite his proposed reform of petty apartheid, Botha has no intention of altering the long-range goal of Nationalist policy: maintaining white sovereignty in South Africa as head of a "constellation of states," that might include ten quasi-autonomous tribal homelands, as well as Zambia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia, as a...
Blunt's self-serving recollections raised numerous questions: How was it possible this confessed spy had been allowed to remain as a trusted adviser to the Queen, even though his expertise was in artistic rather than political matters? Did Her Majesty know of his espionage activities and, if not...
More evident than a common grasp of Marxism was the common practice of homosexuality, at least as far as Burgess, Maclean and Blunt were concerned. Here again Philby was different, being an ardent womanizer, though, it would seem, odd in his ways. His third wife, an American lady acquired in...
Journalists shook their heads in confusion at this latest twist in Iranian press relations. "They're either tossing you out or giving you lunch," mused one. But Bani-sadr's pitch for newspaper diplomacy underlined the crucial and delicate role the press is playing in the confrontation.
Correspondents spent enervating stretches waiting for hostages to be taken to the airport or for something else to happen. Even more trying was the 8½-hour time difference between Tehran and New York. Says NBC Producer Dina Modianot: