Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...increased promotion for blacks in the armed forces and civil service, plus the departure of Ian Smith from the political arena. Thatcher's decision was based on a report by her special envoy to Africa, Lord Harlech, that Britain's recognition of Zimbabwe Rhodesia under the present circumstances would not be supported by a single African country-not even South Africa. In insisting on constitutional reform as a prerequisite to recognition, Thatcher was moving closer to the views of the Carter Administration...
...Nazi killers would become increasingly difficult because of faulty memories, witnesses' deaths, and lack of evidence. Of the 85,802 people investigated in connection with war crimes since 1945, only 6,440 have been convicted, and only 166 received the maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Opponents of the present law were afraid that some of the several thousand Nazi criminals in hiding abroad might escape justice. There has been international pressure on the Bundestag, particularly from Jews around the world, to abolish the statute of limitation, but television played its part as well. After the U.S. series Holocaust...
...auto sales, Chrysler has been hit harder than its competitors because it tends to market relatively more big cars, vans, trucks and recreational vehicles. The company's unit sales are off 16.9% for the year so far, vs. 5.3% for General Motors and 16.2% for Ford. At its present pace, Chrysler would need more than 200 days to sell off the substantial inventories of its big New Yorker and St. Regis models. In May lacocca announced the closing of the second plant in 30 days, the large factory in Hamtramck, Mich.; 2,200 of its workers will be laid...
...involves the labyrinthine world of computer leasing, a honey-tongued Texas hustler, the big gest and most prestigious U.S. banks and IBM. As a result of many forces, the Lloyd's insurance group faces the biggest loss in its 291-year history - up to $225 million, vs. the present record of $100 million paid to cover damages from Hurricane Betsy...
...mixed blessing. Spelling out rights that were assumed to exist under the general protection of the First Amendment may very well result in limiting those rights. Most of the press would much rather not run to Congress for protection against the courts. Yet if the courts continue on their present course, journalists will have little alternative...