Word: porting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week 2,391,916 residents of Haiti voted out to "Papa Doc" Duvalier's proposal that he be succeeded by his hulking son, Jean-Claude, 19. If anybody voted non, the Port-au-Prince papers did not mention...
...while Max was commanding Port-au-Prince's military district, a letter turned up on Papa Doc's desk accusing him and 19 other officers of plotting against the government. The other 19 were executed, but Dédé man aged to coax her father into sparing her husband. She and Max were allowed to go into exile, and Max be came Haiti's Ambassador to Spain. Eighteen months later, Dédé returned to Port-au-Prince and deftly arranged the removal of her enemies from her father's palace staff. When...
...months when supplies can leave the north and still reach their destination before rains again make the roads impassable in May. This year the trail's cargo has become more vital than ever to the Communists. Since last March, they have been denied the use of the Cambodian port of Kompong Som, where some 75% of the war material for all of South Viet Nam used to be shipped by sea. Thus, except for what they can forage, the some 400,000 Communist troops in southern Laos, Cambodia and South Viet Nam are almost totally dependent on the trail...
...Muscat for centuries designated the port and coastal areas of the country; Oman was the highlands. From the town of Muscat the Sultans ruled both, although Omani tribes seeking greater self-rule occasionally rebelled against them...
...Episcopal investment committee chose to tackle issues on a case-by-case approach. Investigation of South African investments had long been mandated by the church, says Potter, and GM was an obvious target. "If you can move GM," he says, "you can move everybody." The General Motors plant at Port Elizabeth employs some 6,200 South Africans, who would be put out of work if the plant closed. Moreover, GM officials note, some 65% of the plant's employees are nonwhite. Though the government decrees different starting salaries for whites and nonwhites, GM says that it makes...