Word: primed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prime Minister Ian Smith is finding it difficult to convince others that he is committed to majority rule that will eventually bring 6.4 million blacks to power. Two weeks ago, Smith capped lengthy negotiations with three of Rhodesia's black leaders by signing an agreement that paves the way for such a transition. The achievement may be epochal, but reactions have been grudging. The black leaders are pressing the Prime Minister for a faster transfer of power. Britain and the U.S. insist that blacks of the anti-Smith Patriotic Front be included in negotiations, though both last week after...
...Smith, and mortar fire and artillery barrages from Mozambique crashed into the rugged foothills and tea estates near Rhodesia's Chimanimani Mountains. In view of such reactions, the settlement between Smith and the three black leaders appears to be more an uncertain beginning than an end. The Prime Minister may recognize this. But in an interview last week with TIME Johannesburg Bureau Chief William McWhirter, Smith reiterated his pledge to bring about black rule in his own way and at his own pace. Excerpts...
Haled Al-Azem, Syrian prime minister in 1948-49, later described the situation this way: "Since 1948, we have been demanding the return of the refugees to their homes; but we ourselves are the ones who encouraged them to leave. Only a few months separated between our call to them to leave and our appeal to the United Nations to resolve on their return...
...profitability of its enterprises, not simply the relative success, failure, or intrinsic merit of the publication. The company naturally comes to view its publication in more profit-oriented terms, to the detriment of editorial standards. The extent to which commercial motives influence contents varies from publication to publication. A prime offender is Time, once devoted to politics and the arts, which over the years has reserved more and more space to articles on life-style, personalities, commercial glamour and sexual mores--all of which sell magazines. It is hard to think of the writing in Time as much more than...
...three and one-half years, Ali was not allowed to earn a purse at the only work he knew. The banishment cost him his fighting prime. Finally, late in 1970, he began to get some bouts: he tuned up by beating Jerry Quarry and Oscar Bonavena and then challenged Joe Frazier for the title on March 8, 1971. He lost, but three months later scored a bigger victory in another arena. On June 28, 1971, his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court, which ruled 8 to 0 that the draft board had improperly denied Ali's claim for exemption...