Word: underground
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More Trouble. The prelate-President returned to Cyprus amid Turkish objections and dire threats of still another assassination attempt against him by the EOKA-B Greek Cypriot underground, the terrorist group that favors enosis, or union with Greece. Declaring that he was holding out "not just an olive branch but a whole olive tree," Makarios tried to dispel fears that his return could lead to more trouble for the war-ravaged island...
...city streets. The incident was related to TIME Correspondent David Aikman in Hong Kong by two overseas Chinese missionaries who had been visiting the coastal province of Fukien. While such a tale of public humiliation is hardly extraordinary, the reason for it was. The missionaries reported that an underground Chinese Christian community numbering more than 1,200 has grown up in Foochow over the past five years. If the story of the Foochow revival is indeed basically true, it signals that the Christian faith can still spark enthusiasm in a land where Mao's revolution has tried to snuff...
Besides the missionaries who visited Foochow, other travelers speak of finding groups of underground Christians in many villages and cities. In Shanghai, according to one account, the prayer groups are nurtured by "Bible women" -lay ministers who took over pastoral leadership after the male leaders were arrested. How many Christians are there in China now? Generous estimates range from 1 million to 2 million...
Some of the measures may be more effective in placating public opinion than in dealing with the I.R.A. The police have consistently opposed a ban on the I.R.A. because they say that driving the organization underground would merely complicate police operations. But no one now criticizes the ban, and Tory Leader Edward Heath even wanted it broadened to prevent newspaper and TV interviews with I.R.A. leaders. Only one Labor M.P. questioned the wisdom of rushing through a curtailment of habeas corpus. The sole measure that aroused real objections was the provision allowing British authorities to send United Kingdom citizens...
...dark-red massiveness of Sever Hall stakes out a solid claim on the land beneath, in contrast to the make-shift wooden pillars and ersatz Old-North-Church steeple of Mem Church next door and the Pusey library burrowing underground. The steps of Horace Trumbauer's Widener dominate the quandrangle, but Sever holds its space without demanding reverence. Widener, it is assumed, will last forever--it appeals to the scholar's upward gaze beyond forever, while Sever controls its ground right...