Word: unrested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vast parts of the globe are actually doomed to such drastic weather changes, then the outlook is bleak indeed. Political unrest and even civil wars will become more likely as whole countries go hungry. In the past year, discontent spurred by food shortages contributed to the sudden changes of government in Niger and Thailand, and it threatens the reign of Haile Selassie in Ethiopia...
...There has been unrest for a long time, more than ten years," Ferrera said. "Most people have felt for a long time that radical change was needed--one or two tell me, 'it is very good, and what was before was very good,' but in my opinion most people are happy...
Rogers explained that older Portuguese who remember the widespread unrest that existed before 1926 under the former Republic will support the military against the students if prolonged violent clashes take place...
...opened the way for immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel, forged ties of friendship and aid with Jews round the world, and strengthened Israel's relationship with the U.S., its principal ally and armorer. But she took comparatively little interest in domestic affairs and often failed to detect unrest at home. Oriental Jews in particular complained of their treatment as second-class citizens in Israel. When young Sephardic Jews organized themselves as "Black Panthers" three years ago and demonstrated in Jerusalem, Mrs. Meir was both amazed and outraged...
...domestic matters, Pompidou pushed for an expansionist economic policy that would modernize French industry and improve living standards. He was determined to avoid a repetition of the unrest and riots of 1968. Until last year his approach succeeded. But then France, as the rest of the non-Communist world, was hit by soaring inflation (10.3% in 1973) that eroded real wages and led to wildcat strikes. The Gaullist candidate in the presidential elections will probably be blamed for the faltering economy, as well as a succession of untidy government scandals that the ailing Pompidou seemed unable to prevent: the illegal...