Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months ago, Washington's Ambassador to the U.N. infuriated Swedes by calling them "terrible racists." He later explained, a bit lamely, that his comment was just a general observation about the presence of racism everywhere. This summer, however, Sweden has been hit by a small but ugly wave of racial incidents, which suggests that America's most celebrated un-diplomat may have been nearer to the mark than Sweden's defenders had thought. In June a rat pack of young Swedish ruffians clashed with a group of Assyrian immigrants from the Middle East in Södert...
Racial resentment against dark-skinned foreign workers-including expatriate American blacks-is spreading through Sweden, which has a slumping economy and rising unemployment. The prime targets are 6,000 or so Assyrians, mainly refugees from the civil...
...Born. To Sweden's Queen Silvia, 33, commoner daughter of a West German businessman, and King Carl XVI Gustaf, 31: their first child, a daughter; in Stockholm. Name: Victoria. The first child born to a reigning Swedish king and queen in 178 years, Victoria can inherit the crown only if Sweden's constitution is revised to allow a female to become monarch...
Young and often little-known players caused much of the excitement in what was one of the more electrifying Wimbledons in years. Sweden's nimble and steely-nerved Bjorn Borg, 21, won the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club championship for the second straight time by defeating his disputatious U.S. rival, Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in a blistering finals match worthy of a centenary celebration. Both players had been forced to earn their passage to center court by staving off challenges from impressive newcomers, but their confrontation Saturday...
...broker was Swedish Banker Marcus Wallenberg, whose powerful family holdings include control of Saab-Scania. Said Wallenberg of the merger: "It's good for the workers, good for the companies and good for the country." Just about everyone seemed to agree. Since no jobs will be lost, even Sweden's sometimes contentious unions expressed no opposition...