Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perched on a sunny concrete patio of Bursley Hall, the dormitory hub, Vincent Bertolino, 19, and Chris Nadolny, 16, schemed to carve up the Third Reich. Between them was a stylized map of Germany, replete with rivers, hills and other obstacles. Equipped with cardboard counters representing military units, Vincent took the role of Russian Supreme Commander in 1945. Chris was his American equivalent. The object was to bash away at Nazi forces-and then grab as much territory as they could. "It's an intellectual thing," explained Chris, a high school junior from Morristown, N.Y. "I've always...
...Shasta Lake receded to less than one-fourth its normal size, stranding boats on the rocky bottom. Folsom Lake, usually 260 ft. deep, was a virtual mud flat. The normally roaring Stanislaus River near Sacramento turned into a trickle. Kent reservoir serving Marin County dropped by more than a third of its usual level. Warned Richard Felch of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: "We've got a good chance of another dust bowl...
...People's National Airline jet set down at Kingston's airport last week, Jamaica's top government officials were on hand to greet Chinese Vice Premier Keng Piao and his 27-member entourage. The visitor declared that "China and Jamaica both belong to the Third World." Later, at a luncheon given by Democratic Socialist Prime Minister Michael Manley, the handsome, white-haired Chinese leader delivered a now familiar blast at the Americans and the Russians: "The superpowers are racking their brains to divide and sabotage the Third World movement by despicable means, but the nonaligned countries...
These tactics are all part of a new diplomatic offensive aimed at isolating the U.S.S.R., wooing the Third World and cementing economic ties with Western industrialized nations that can supply vital technology. Abandoning Mao's doctrine of national self-reliance, Peking's leaders this year have concluded an unprecedented trade deal with the European Community and a $20 billion pact with
Peking's leaders have also reinforced their oft-expressed warnings of Soviet imperialist ambitions in the Third World with some dramatic diplomatic gestures. Following the French and Belgian military intervention in Zaïre last May, Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua flew into Kinshasa. Touring Shaba region with Zaïre's President Mobutu Sese Seko, Huang declared that the Katangese invaders had been "Soviet-Cuban mercenaries." Since then Keng Piao has carried China's admonitory message to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as to the Caribbean. The indefatigable Vice Premier has scheduled visits for next...