Word: splits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Graffiti & Sabotage. With the gradual rise in frustration, Castro's government has split into activist and conservative factions-but neither seems to know how to get anything done. Even the university, which Castro has always courted, has seen a rise in dissent. Last summer, 40 professors, students and minor party officials at the University of Havana were arrested for disagreeing with party policy. The rank-and-file Cubans are much subtler in their opposition. Some scribble graffiti on restroom walls ("Down With Russian Imperialism," "Fidel, Traitor"). Others indulge in a little spur-of-the-moment sabotage. Sailors or railroad...
...Republican Club, in a livelier past, had something more to differentiate itself from the present club than a sharper conservative-liberal ideological split. It had a "machine...
...students who disapprove of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam might do so on the grounds that the military effort should be increased. Not so. The poll reveals that only 1 per cent--six students--felt that "the military effort should be increased." The other 99 per cent are split as follows: 19 per cent--89 students--feel that "the military effort should be continued with an increased effort to achieve a negotiated peace;" 42 per cent--199 students--say that "the military effort should be reduced on the assmuption that it will lead to a negotiated peace...
...short pass, assuming that there won't be a long one. It is a tactic that could backfire against Oakland, considering the caliber of the Packers' offensive blockers. If Quarterback Starr gets the protection he needs to throw the bomb to such adept maneuverers as Split End Boyd Dowler and Flanker Carroll Dale, Jimmy the Greek could turn out to be a conservative...
...health facilities. The oil-producing Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar amassed hefty surpluses as usual in 1967, despite some losses from the Mideast war. Instead of squandering the money on palaces, limousines and concubines, the rulers of the four Persian Gulf states today split the oil-based riches between imported consumer goods (food, clothing, shelter) for their populace, new facilities such as water systems, hospitals and other public buildings, and investment (including U.S. and West German bonds). Saudi Arabia, which had hardly any schools ten years ago, is now building 300 a year. Argentina owes...