Word: sir
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Most of the official and unofficial foreign observers, including British Election Commissioner Sir John Boynton, concluded that the elections had been surprisingly free and fair. That judgment was shared by the Presidents of the so-called frontline African states (Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Angola, Tanzania), who gave the guerrillas crucial support during the war. Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere had earlier suggested that the British had rigged the vote in favor of Muzorewa. Celebrating Mugabe's victory with a champagne toast, Nyerere declared: "This is not the first time I have been proved wrong...
...airhitcher's take-off is exhilirating--a rush of relief and smugness accompanying the first jolt and momentary weightlessness. His dress is required--tie, with an Oxford shirt and pressed pants. His approach is crucial--an earnest, American look-in-the-eye and the words, "Excuse me sir, I'm a college student who must get back east as fast as possible. May I have a ride?" The outcome varies from a 48-hour wait in the burning sterility of the Salt Lake City International Airport to a quick hop across America in three aircraft...
...airport terminal was a series of concrete blocks set on a butte overlooking Billings. Winds buffetted dead and splayed planes sitting on the cracked runway. A lone, bearded pilot inspected his single-engine Cessna 140. "Excuse me sir, I'm a college student who must get back East as fast as possible. May I have a ride...
...says he has received a stream of letters, "on the whole about 90% favorable." In Britain, where the show is also being aired, one of the biggest fans is Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Last week a cartoon in Punch showed the P.M. and her Secretary of State for Industry, Sir Keith Joseph, bowing reverently before a TV set tuned in to Friedman...
...worsening outlook and the criticism have not fazed the government, which is determined to free Britain from 30 years of Keynesian economic theory and even more government involvement in the economy. In an interview with TIME'S Frank Melville, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe talked openly of the "almost frighteningly bad" economic outlook. But, he added, "people have still not appreciated the scale of difficulties. They have got to understand the length of time which will be necessary to achieve modest but firm steps in the right direction. Within four years, we should be able to point...