Word: regional
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the rice fields of northern Luzon to the coconut groves of southern Mindanao, anger and rebellion are rising in the Philippines, a country that threatens to become a powder keg in the Pacific region. The resentment is directed primarily at the corruption-tinged, autocratic regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, who seven years ago imposed martial law on the 7,000 islands of the Philippine archipelago. Today he rules as both President and Prime Minister over a dangerously deteriorating society. Despite statistically impressive increases in his country's per capita income, poverty and hunger affect most of the Philippines...
...down a red carpet to announce a "great historic event, the birth of a new state." At his side stood Chief Patrick Mphephu, 54, a small, diffident man with a fifth-grade education, who was soon to become the Executive President of the Republic of Venda, a Delaware-sized region tucked in the northeast corner of South Africa. As Venda's new four-color flag fluttered in the breeze overhead, Mphephu told his fellow citizens, "We must be prepared to preserve and defend this newly won dream...
...Examining 3.8 billion-year-old rocks found in Greenland's Isua (Eskimo for "the farthest we can go") region, Ponnamperuma and other scientists found evidence of compounds called hydrocarbons, which are of major importance in organic chemistry. To discover whether these hydrocarbons had a biological origin, scientists analyzed the ratio of two isotopes, or forms, of carbon. They found that the amount of carbon 12, the isotope most utilized in biological processes, was high in relation to carbon 13. This indicates that the hydrocarbons were produced by photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds...
...replenish himself. After a hard evening onstage, he has been known to put away a lobster dinner followed by a steak dinner and an entire basket of rolls, and then to dive for leftovers on his companion's plate. Lambrusco, the slightly fizzy red wine of his native region, does not travel well, according to his palate. When on tour, Pavarotti orders bottles of Mouton-Cadet 1975, say, mixes them with bottles of Perrier water and?ecco!?instant Lambrusco. Wherever he goes he has access to an expert chef: himself. At major stopovers he likes to take a hotel...
...attachment to north-central Italy is deep. On his sacrosanct summer holiday, he invariably returns to his vacation house in Pesaro, 150 km from Modena (see box). He cherishes a sense of himself as a sound, simple man of the region: he keeps up ties with relatives and friends there, and he concentrated investments from his considerable income (probably close to $1 million a year) in the area. Among his holdings: a record store in Bologna and an office building near Modena...