Word: controller
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Young Teach and the Old Learn" [Aug. 17], presented several people who had "learned" from their rebellious children, including a Governor, a Congressman and a Cabinet member. The article succeeded only in proving one perceptive statement that was buried deep in the whole mess of pottage: "Parents who lose control of their children are usually confused about their own values and identities." When the leaders of the nation can't even lead their own children, heaven help...
Shortly after Gaddafi and other young nationalist officers overthrew the regime of old King Idris on Sept. 1, 1969, Gaddafi reassured the Italians, who control most of Libya's small businesses and farms, that they would be treated well. But then he began to excite latent Arab resentment of the Italians, most of whom are descendants of settlers who came to Libya during the period from 1911 to 1943, when the country was under Rome's often avaricious rule. "The people have a holy spirit of revenge," cries Gaddafi. "They want back what the Italians usurped...
...past, the Chilean Congress has always selected the candidate who received the largest number of popular votes. But it is not legally bound to do so, and the leftist parties control by far the largest bloc of votes in Congress. The Congressmen must bear in mind, however, that if they put a Communist-backed President into office, the army may decide to enter its own ballot in the form of a swift coup...
...state of Kerala, in southwest India, is overpopulated even by Indian standards, and life is hard for its 20 million residents. For the state's 2,600,000 Latin-and Syrian-rite Catholics, the burden is even heavier. Strictly loyal to papal birth-control teachings, Catholic families, some with incomes of less than $350 a year, often have between eight and 15 children. Thus dowries for marriageable girls are out of the question. Under such conditions, an opportunity to send a daughter off to a European convent was like a godsend-and hundreds of families took advantage...
...boys start off small, rigging prizefights and fixing horse races. Gradually they work their way up through the protection racket until they control the Marseille fish market, the Marseille meat market, most of the town's gambling and some of the town council. But Capella and Siffredi learn that their hard-earned infamy has made them obvious targets for a new generation of ambitious crooks-and for each other...