Word: share
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...annual survey was used for our evaluations, defines freedom as it is understood in constitutionally democratic states. In judging political rights, it considers whether the leaders of a country are chosen in an open voting process, whether there are multiple political parties or at least a significant opposition, what share of the political power is exercised by elected representatives. In evaluating the civil liberties, it considers, among other things, whether there is a free press and an independent judiciary, whether censorship is applied in defense of a ruling party, to what degree the security forces respect individuals' rights...
...would Nkomo and Mugabe agree to share power in Rhodesia under any circumstances? The black members of the new Executive Council suggested that there could be a "leadership role" in the new Rhodesian regime for Nkomo and Mugabe if they agreed to return to the country in peace. The chances for that seem remote, given the Patriotic Front's past denunciations of the internal settlement. But that agreement, Sithole maintains, is not subject to change. "We have generated new realities in this country," he says. "They have to be accepted as they...
...speaker is William Norris, a Nebraska farmer's son who learned about computers when he was a World War II Navy cryptographer (he helped to break the German code), then sold stock at $1 a share to start Control Data in Minneapolis in 1957. Last year the company had sales of $2.3 billion, and its profits rose by 42%. But Chairman Norris at 66 is doing much more than adding to his millions. While other people merely fret and fuss about hard-core unemployment, this plain-talking engineer is taking long risks to create jobs for people...
...countering 60 Minutes and 20/20 by carving out a weeknight time slot this fall for its 3½-year-old monthly magazine now called Weekend, an eclectic mix of investigative and lighthearted reports. Executive Producer Reuven Frank is casting for someone to share the increased work load with Writer-Reporter Lloyd Dobyns but otherwise plans no major changes. Says Frank: "Carbon copies don't work." One Weekend feature that will have to change when the show goes midweekly is the name. Says an executive who has survived a wave of demoralizing layoffs at NBC: "Knowing the way our company...
...impossible, or the patient refused to endure vaginal delivery. Now, there has been a sharp upswing in the number of caesareans. Last year at least one out of every ten babies in the U.S. was delivered surgically. At major medical centers, which tend to handle more problem pregnancies, the share is even higher. The University Hospitals of Cleveland at present deliver 12% of all babies by C-section (as a caesarean is called in hospital corridors). At the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, the figure...