Word: urho
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lasts until May), long one-word palindromes (up to 15 letters) and long political arguments (it took four months to form a government after the 1970 election). By contrast, Finnish Cabinets themselves are exceedingly short-lived: the 55th in 54 years of independence was dissolved last October by President Urho Kekkonen, who himself has remained in power since 1956. Kekkonen acted primarily because the center-left coalition incumbents could not solve a row over lagging farm incomes...
Under the pragmatic foreign policy of President Urho Kekkonen, which is based on maintaining smooth relations with the Soviets, Communists have served in coalition governments since 1966. One branch of the party advocates a moderate "peaceful road" to Communist rule, but a hard-line faction insists on waging a "class-conscious fight against big capital." The rest of the nation, which remembers all too well that the Communists were caught plotting a coup in 1948, still takes the hardliners' threats more than half seriously. Last week, in a demonstration of their increased militancy, the tough faction incited workers...
Though it sounds like a rural rail route, the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line is in fact the name of the foreign policy that has guided Finland since World War II: seeking accommodation with its mighty eastern neighbor, the Soviet Union. In pursuit of this policy, Finnish President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, 69, flew to Moscow last week for the 16th time since he became Finland's head of state in 1956. This week, in keeping with his country's enduring but slightly off-balance neutrality, he will make his second state visit to the U.S. to discuss such matters...