Word: rhodesia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drama were all that counted, the meeting that began last week between Harold Wilson of Britain and Ian Smith of rebellious Rhodesia would have been assured of success. The two men had not spoken to each other since November of last year, and the months since then were marked by Rhodesia's declaration of independence, British economic sanctions against Rhodesia and an air of general hostility. Then one stormy night last week, Wilson's R.A.F. Comet landed in Gibraltar, and two hours later an R.A.F. Britannia brought Smith in from Salisbury...
...California, Ronald Reagan promised to do something about radical student activities at the University of California's Berkeley campus. Liberal fears of an attack on academic freedom grew after Reagan was elected, and The New Republic printed a pithy addendum to two articles on university crackdowns in Argentina and Rhodesia that asked: "Could it happen here...
David Rockwood's "Simon of Rhodesia" is rambling, exuberant, and fun. If there's more to it than meets the eye, I don't think we should look for it: if mention of a "blue guitar" and a Prufrock spoof (substituting "Henry Miller-O" for "Michelangelo") are supposed to plunge us into thoughts of Stevens and Eliot, the poem does not justify its allusions. But taken lightly it's pleasant, and occasionally striking, as when a guitarist "plucked a flatted fifth as one might pluck the eyeball of a kitten...
Meanwhile, the long negotiations on the issues that divide Britain and Rhodesia are proceeding at a snail's pace. Wilson wants guarantees that the nation's 4,000,000 blacks will eventually gain majority rule when their "achievement warrants it." Smith, who has said that "one man, one vote will not come within my life," wants the whites to have power to decide when the time is ripe. He also objects to Wilson's demand that he return legal power to the British governor to implement any agreement reached-with London. At week's end, Smith...
...settle the dispute within the Commonwealth, Wilson has vowed to take it to the U.N. if no accord is reached by Nov. 30. If that happens, Smith has said that "the matter would be taken out of our hands," meaning he would have no choice but to declare Rhodesia a republic and sever ties with the Commonwealth...