Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prejudices of the region's macho-minded males, however, the White House is touting Rosalynn's trip as nothing less than a major diplomatic effort at interpreting the President's Latin American policy. The point of departure in all her meetings will be her husband's Pan American Day speech in Washington in April, which emphasized human rights, economic problems and arms control as matters of top priority in Latin American diplomacy. According to Robert Pastor, the National Security Council's expert on Latin American affairs, Rosalynn should not only "convey to the Latin American governments a sense of what...
...common, heartbreaking sight throughout the American West this spring. From the Pacific to the eastern slopes of the Colorado Rockies, the winter's near-record drought meant dry riverbeds and a snowpack that in some areas was less than a fifth of the usual level. In a region where more than three-quarters of the fresh water normally comes from the spring runoff of the snowpack, the water-supply outlook for the summer months is ominous. April brought none of the hoped-for relief; it marked the seventh straight month with below-normal precipitation over much...
...long time before Westerners again rhapsodize about their region as one "where the skies are not cloudy...
...will be truly independent. Mondale's public answer: "We cannot accept, let alone defend governments that reject the basic principle of full human rights, economic opportunity and political participation for all their people, regardless of race." To arguments by the South African government that it is keeping the region free of Communism, Mondale replied: "We believe that perpetuating an unjust system is the surest incentive to increase Soviet influence and even racial...
...Room for Guests. In some countries, more youths than ever are seeking work. According to the latest figures for the nine Common Market nations in Western Europe, there are about 1.8 million jobless youths; they make up 37% of all unemployed in the region. In Britain, more than 500,000 young people are out of work, equal to 35% of all the unemployed. French youths account for 37.6% of the jobless. West Germany's youthful unemployment of 24.8% of those out of work is the lowest in Europe, but that contrasts with conditions three years ago when Germany...