Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ceaselessly flaunted it at rallies of the faithful around the country. Yet Chaban's carefully cultivated image of continuity with the past was plainly unappealing to many Frenchmen, who seem to want a change from the elitist tradition of De Gaulle. Although Chaban started out with a slight lead over Giscard in the polls, he was 14 points behind going into this week's election...
...having a slight psychological edge due to the staggered start advantage they enjoyed, took off from B.U. at the beginning of the race with ten strokes at a 40-beat, 20 at 38, and then settling...
...national tennis finalist in 1965, as a "playboy," not sérieux enough to be President. Married three times, in a Catholic country where divorce is still a political handicap, he has become saddled with the nicknames "Beau Jacques"and "Charmant Delmas." Moreover, he still has a slight scent of scandal about him. He was dismissed by Pompidou in 1972 partly because it was found he had used loopholes to avoid paying taxes...
...Slight Shift. As it has for the past 26 years, Vorster's National Party garnered a majority of the ballots; its 55.1% gave it 122 legislators-a gain of four-in an expanded 171-seat house. The official opposition United Party, which is only slightly to the left of the Nationals, dropped from 46 to 41 seats. The tiny, militantly anti-apartheid Progressive Party was the surprising big winner with five new seats, for a total...
Though the Progressives' gains marked a slight shift away from racism, it was not nearly enough to inhibit Vorster's plans to continue segregating most of South Africa's blacks in crowded Bantustans. The dreary settlements have little hope of achieving economic independence. Black tribal land was originally promised in 1936, but much acreage still has not been turned over. Even if it were, black chiefs say, the total area would still be inadequate. Vorster claims that he cannot grant more land because the 1936 act ties his hands. "Nonsense," retorts Gatsha Buthelezi, 45, chief minister...