Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leadership is anxious to avoid the impression that the U.S.S.R. is leading the charge. That would violate the 1972 code of détente, which enjoins the superpowers from "efforts to obtain unilateral advantage," and it would jeopardize SALT II as well. Therefore, the Soviets prefer that the U.S. seem to be in a losing struggle not so much with a predatory Soviet Union as with the relentless "progressive" (i.e., anti-American) forces of history. In that sense Ayatullah Khomeini, his mobs and his minions are doing the Kremlin's work, even though they are not doing its bidding...
...whites who live on the White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota are increasingly apprehensive about their Indian neighbors. Says Jane Reish, co-owner of the Jolly Fisherman Resort: "We're not just a little bit nervous, we're scared to death. We seem to be caught in a time warp. All this talk about the Treaty of 1867. This...
This push marks still another turn in Indian militancy. The celebrated cases in which Indian tribes claimed ownership of huge tracts of land now seem headed for compromises. In Maine the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies, who once demanded 12 million acres, or two-thirds of the state, have come down to 300,000 acres, and may well settle for less. Meanwhile, cases arising out of how land and resources are used have multiplied startlingly; there now are an estimated 7,000 claims in 30 states...
...serious setback. Many of them got notices from the Bureau of Indian Affairs that the titles to the land on which they have lived for generations may be invalid: the land may actually belong to the Indians. The whites probably face no real threat of eviction because many Chippewas seem willing to accept a compromise under which they might be given an equivalent amount of Government-owned land. But whites say that their property values have been depressed by uncertainty...
...violent response to a few hundred young activists may have been sparked by fear that their views are shared by millions of educated young people in China who have thus far only dared to dream or to whisper of their desires for freedom. Many of these educated youths seem to believe that for China to become a truly modern country with what Chairman Hua Guofeng has called "liveliness of mind," democratic rights are not a luxury but a necessity. In one of its issues, the April Fifth Forum asked: "Why have Chinese in China demonstrated so few accomplishments while they...