Word: popularizer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chance of winning the presidency of an independent Zimbabwe, the African name for Rhodesia. Mugabe, the ideologue, is more committed to violent takeover and authoritarian rule thereafter. Unlike Nkomo, who has a base of political support among the Matabele tribesmen of southwestern Rhodesia, Mugabe is not widely popular at home and can only lose from an election. But if negotiations collapse and the fighting increases, Mugabe would probably be the chief beneficiary...
...congress came just a year after the party had been legalized by the government of Premier Adolfo Suárez González and a scant ten months after it won a disappointing 9% of the popular vote in general elections. The focal point of the five-day meeting, called "a Communist debate for democracy and socialism," was Carrillo's proposal to drop the party's "Leninist" label in favor of "Marxist, democratic and revolutionary." Even prior to the congress, the proposal, which is known as Thesis XV, had upset several provincial and regional party conferences. The furor...
...problems of nuclear energy are another popular theme this week. Ernest Moniz, a MIT physics professor, will discuss "Nuclear Waste Disposal" with James Stevens of Arthur D. Little, Inc. in the Cambridge Forum, Wednesday at 8 p.m. at 3 Church...
...good time to be a local group trying to make a go of it in New York. Medium-sized establishments like the Fillmore East--which has since closed--gave lesser known groups a chance on bills with more popular groups...
...York City was the center of almost all the spot games; Philadelphia was too depressing. Without question the most popular song on the bus was Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," followed closely on Friday by The Drifters' hit "On Broadway." The most inspiring rendition was that of "My Way" by almost the entire team during the trip from Columbia to Philadelphia...