Word: socialist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...faced a tough challenge at her very first stop-the beautiful but economically blighted island of Jamaica. Prime Minister Michael Manley, a fiery socialist, has hinted at a capitalist U.S. plot to overthrow him. But Manley was the soul of propriety when he greeted Rosalynn at the airport and said that her husband's emphasis on human rights offered "great encouragement...
Innocent Victims. The latest acts of terrorism could inadvertently result in tragedy for other innocent victims -Moluccans who had nothing to do with the kidnapings. Angry Dutch burghers talked of mounting vigilante attacks on the islanders' settlements, and fearful Moluccans were arming themselves. Said Socialist Deputy Henk Molleman, who has worked since the 1975 attacks to improve relations: "I see little hope for a peaceful community of Moluccans and Dutch...
Died. Saburo Eda, 69, a founder and former vice chairman of Japan's Socialist Party; of acute hepatitis; in Tokyo. Eda hoped that Japanese socialism would create an amalgam reflecting the Soviet Union's social-security system, Britain's parliamentary democracy and the U.S. standard of living. He urged his party to de-emphasize Marxian credos like class war and nationalization. But the party became increasingly radical and Eda left it last March, hoping to form his own more moderate group...
...Arts and Letters" except for the fact that it moves far away from the distinct headings of the task force's report. But the addition of "Foreign Languages and Cultures" in place of "Non-Western Civilization" effectively eliminates Rosovsky's hopes for everyone learning about Third World or Socialist systems. The Faculty's resolution to try to tie the programs to language study further insures that students will probably opt for European offerings instead of non-western courses...
Some anti-Likud Israelis were worried about the domestic policies of the new government. It will certainly be more favorable to private enterprise than another Labor regime would be, with its pronounced socialist policies, but secular Jews feared that the religious parties might try to extend the influence of Orthodox rabbis over Israeli life?for example, by making Torah lessons compulsory in schools...