Word: bloc
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...that would impose the arms sanctions and also brand South Africa "a threat to international peace and security." With the help of Tanzania's Ambassador Salim Salim and Nigeria's Leslie Harriman, Young then began negotiations with the 49-member African group, the U.N.'s largest bloc. Most of the Africans favored the far stronger action of all-out economic sanctions, but Young argued that such a resolution would almost certainly lead to U.S., British and French vetoes. At week's end, the exact language of a resolution that both the West and the Africans could...
After five months of indecision, the Democratic Movement for Change, Israel's newest and third-largest political bloc (behind Likud and Labor), finally voted last week to join the government. Until now, Premier Menachem Begin's ruling Likud coalition has had a bare majority-63 seats in the 120-member Knesset; with the addition of D.M.C.'s 15 seats, it will have a far more comfortable 78-seat majority. In return, the D.M.C.'s leader, Yigael Yadin, 60, former general and world-renowned archaeologist, will become Deputy Premier, and his party will get an additional three...
...political force really to affect Congressional action. If the retention of the Veterans, Aging, and Joint Economic Committees can be explained by the power of their respective groups, the loss of the Nutrition Committee can be explained by the fact that poor people still are not an organized voting bloc. It is ironic that those people and groups with the least independent influence on Congress are deemed least in need of a committee to listen to them, while those who will have great influence regardless of the committee structure or who is in office get special committees anyway...
Nothing mocks the democratic pretentions of the Communist nations more than a mass protest. Twice in recent weeks, East bloc governments have been embarrassed by such signals of popular discontent. Items...
...will insist on a thorough examination of how the 1975 agreement worked, including a review of the American performance. Specifically, Goldberg will try to persuade Soviet-bloc countries to make family reunions across East-West borders easier by eliminating exorbitant visa fees and reprisals against would-be emigrants-like dismissal from their jobs. He will also propose multiple-entry visas for businessmen trading with Communist countries and elimination of red tape that currently restricts journalists' entry into the Eastern bloc...