Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mansfield, who has been department chairman for three years, was expected to step down this year since the position is generally offered to senior faculty on a revolving basis...
...teetotaling habits from a Mormon family after, he confesses, having spent a night or two during his undergraduate days awash in the suds--he returned to Harvard to take two years of medical courses. Then, Fish spent two years as assistant coach, after which he was ready to step into Barnaby's very big shoes...
Mansfield, who has been department chairman for three years, was expected to step down this year since the position is generally offered to senior faculty on a revolving basis...
...then, is stepping in at a critical juncture. There is no longer any question that there will be some kind of majority rule in Zimbabwe. The issue that remains is the form that government will take. Muzorewa and Sithole seem willing to settle for a capitalist structure allowing U.S. and other multinationals to retain their control of Rhodesia's economy. While the ideology of the Patriotic Front is a little unclear, it seems at the moment to be heading in a socialist direction. The Front has accepted support from the Soviet Union, but without some support the freedom fighters could...
...they are willing to recognize the freedom fighters' rights to their country. But it will take more than symbolic gestures to persuade the people of Southern Africa that the U.S. hopes to play a positive role in their countries; repealing the Byrd amendment would be only a small step toward a real change in American foreign policy...