Word: bloc
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stiff Sunday black mingled with villagers wearing gaily embroidered costumes and city youths in Western jeans and printed T shirts. The crowd had reached 10,000 when the Rev. Billy Graham, visibly moved at the reception, made his way to the rostrum last week to begin his first Soviet-bloc preaching tour in three decades of gospel globetrotting...
...Caribbean basin Mostly poor, politically volatile, dominated by a number of left-leaning politicians, the island nations comprise a modest bloc of about a dozen U.N. votes. Carter aims to increase economic assistance to the Caribbean area (current aid total: $65 million a year...
Washington apparently accepts Sadat's analysis of the Libyan plots. Last week the White House announced that -with approval from the strong pro-Israel bloc in Congress-the U.S. will sell Egypt 14 C-130 transports, worth $180 million, to replace aging Soviet equipment. Among other uses, the planes could ferry Egyptian troops to the Sudan if necessary, since the two nations have a mutual defense pact. Cairo will also buy reconnaissance drones and sophisticated aerial cameras. President Carter promised in addition to look after Sudan's "legitimate defense needs." A U.S. military team will fly to Khartoum...
...some areas, and the unlikely trio teamed up to kill it. The setback was the first sign of parliamentary cooperation between the P.S.D. and the C.D.S. following the creation of a so-called con-vergencia democrdtica, in which the two parties, though shying away from forming a unified voting bloc, agreed to work together when possible. What irked the opposition, said Amaro da Costa, was the Socialists' frequent failure to keep it informed. "Everything was arranged in the corridors. The Premier would go on a trip, and we would have to find out from the newspapers what happened...
...your support come from the Communist bloc countries...