Word: places
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Much of Rhodesia's economic future will depend on the political regime that emerges from the elections. With the whites assured of 20 seats, the crucial struggle will take place among the seven or so black factions vying for the remaining 80 seats. These parties are so deeply divided by tribal and personal differences that many observers fear no national leader will emerge and a shaky coalition is inevitable. "God help us if that happens," says a white trade unionist in Salisbury. "Can you imagine Nkomo, Mugabe and the bishop [Muzorewa] in the same Cabinet...
...fishermen, whose families have worked these waters for 350 years, all this makes Georges Bank far too precious a place to sink an oil well. Another appeal has been filed to stop the auction, though its chances seem slim. If the leases are sold, the fishermen will have a grace period of from six months to a year while the oil companies make preparations to drill. That means time for a new and different case on different grounds. But the fishermen's hope will be the same: to keep their livelihood alive and well...
...productivity. Output of Soviet steel, chemicals, fertilizers and other industrial basics is below last year's. The satellites also suffer from production blahs. One reason is the lack of advanced technology, but Marxist ideological strictures do their part. Some countries place a ceiling on the bonuses that can be awarded to individuals for higher output, and many employees prefer to clock out and work at second jobs in the growing "underground" economies...
...this as an accepting, caring place," says a girl named Lisa. From across the room comes the commentary of a fellow student: "Do you believe that? I have a hard time believing anything you say." Admits Lisa: "I bullshit a lot." In a therapeutic community, no one is ever offstage, and Lisa's reputation for lying will make every conversation a confrontation until she breaks the habit...
Whether such lavish ceremonies really took place is uncertain. But unlike most of the Aztec, Maya and Inca treasures, which the Spaniards melted down and shipped back home in the form of ingots, many of the ancient gold objects of the Colombian Indians have survived. Protected by rugged terrain, dispersed over a wider area in many different tribal groupings, the Colombians avoided some of the worst depredations of the European invaders. They also buried their treasures in hidden tombs that escaped detection until recent times...