Word: premiered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago. The Communists insist that the U.S. close its embassy in Taipei, abrogate its 24-year-old mutual defense treaty with Nationalist China, and accept the Communist claim that the offshore stronghold is simply a province of the People's Republic. "We are talking about recognition," Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiaoping said during his current visit to Tokyo, but "on these three conditions we are waiting for the U.S. to make up its mind...
Throughout the vast land, the New China News Agency delivered itself of rhapsodic song. "As the plane carrying Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing approached Tokyo Bay, towering Mount Fuji caught the eye with its beautiful snowy peak standing out in bold relief against the blue...
...present turmoil in Iran: [It] is a struggle against a cruel oppression. The people of Iran have no faith in the new Premier, [Jaafar] Sharif-Emami. He and his Cabinet are unable to solve Iran's problems. [But] victory is near, and the Shah and his entire system will be overthrown...
After ten years in power, Trudeau also suffers from chronic overexposure. In 1976 his popularity soared, following the election of Separatist Premier Rene Levesque in predominantly French-speaking Quebec. Anglophone Canadians then felt that Trudeau, a bilingual Quebecois from Montreal, was uniquely qualified to fight the breakaway movement in the country's largest province (pop. 6 million). Since then, Levesque has cannily soft-pedaled his political line. As a result, the urgency of the separatist threat to Canada's 111-year-old confederation has worn off outside Quebec...
...twisted steel. Responsibility is claimed by a terrorist group that calls itself Society Against the State. To restore his government's credibility, the President tries a dramatic gesture: he appoints Michel Rocard, a charismatic economist who is currently challenging Francois Mitterrand for leadership of the Socialist Party, as Premier. Rocard, however, exacts a price. During a secret meeting with Giscard, he warns: "I am not one of those leftists who, once in power, adopt the policies of the right...