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...correct response is then recited by all students in unison. Recent visitors to the Angolan school were invited to witness a sort of stage show. Part of it consisted of cheerful tribal songs and dances, but then the program became political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: An Island off Indoctrination | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...allies met last week to discuss the Soviet Union's intervention in Afghanistan and to develop a common position with other Western European countries. "It would be a mistake to assume that the reaction of each country be the same. The West should sing in harmony but not in unison," Carrington said. The United States should be prepared to stand alone because although Western countries are now expressing their support for the United States' position, they are also exercising extreme reluctance as to whether or not they will boycott. While France and West Germany have condemned the Soviet military intervention...

Author: By Lucy M. Schulte, | Title: Leaping Hurdles | 2/9/1980 | See Source »

...groups in the population, which regions of the country, should make the largest economic and environmental sacrifices. After Caracas, it was clear that unless the U.S. accepts some compromises that will cut its consumption of precious petroleum, the OPEC cartel will simply regroup and start pushing up prices in unison once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: OPEC Fails to Make a Fix | 12/31/1979 | See Source »

Finally, just when it appeared destined that both teams would leave the ice unfulfilled, Conners got hold of a Mike Watson pass and moments later the icemen raised their sticks in unison having beaten the Terriers at Walter Brown for the first time since...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Overtime Goal Lifts Icemen Over B.U. | 12/6/1979 | See Source »

This time around, however, director Gerald Freedman has not skimped on the titular tempest. The ship's crew stands on deck, swaying in unison. The foreyard and rope ladders are raised, and the sound of eight bells signals high noon. The sky darkens and one hell of a storm strikes. The crew and noble passengers are eventually pitched into the roiling sea, represented by the violent agitation of a huge black cloth, and are saved from drowning by a bevy of naiads in turquoise body-stockings...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Serving the Eye Better than the Ear | 8/7/1979 | See Source »

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