Word: reconstructionism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Cubans are destined to play a major role in Angola's reconstruction. In addition to patrol duties, Castro's troops are slowly shaping up the M.P.L.A. army of 35,000 men, instilling a much-needed dose of discipline. Angolan soldiers complain that the men from Havana work...
Many black politicians, especially on the West Coast, distrust Brown as a minimalist whose constant refrain is "People must lower their expectations." Said California Assemblyman Willie Brown, who drives a sporty Porsche: "My expectations have not been lowered. I still want my Turbo Carrera"-a reference to a supercharged GT...
No Accounting. Had the Lockheed scandal not surfaced, this dismal performance might have gone unnoticed. Traditionally the top managers of state-owned corporations have formed a sottogoverno (subgovernment) that runs their enterprises with so little supervision that they do not even bother to keep the public or the official government...
Wallace was first elected governor in 1962, a time when the people of the South and of Alabama were in turmoil. Southern culture was in the midst of its greatest upheaval since the days of post-Civil War reconstruction. In 1954, the Supreme Court had issued the Brown decision, declaring...
Reconstruction in the more than half of the country still under effective UNITA control is directed primarily by three UNITA-sponsored organizations, the National Association of Labor Unions (SINDACO), the League of Angolan Women (LIMA), and the Angolan Youth League. LIMA comprises more than 10,000 women who had initially...