Word: falklands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many foreigners this seemed a bit odd, for by this time Britain had a squabble of her own with Chile and Argentina concerning some overlapping claims in Antarctica. Moreover, the Argentines and British were (and still are) counterclaiming sovereignty over the tiny Falkland Islands, 300 miles off Argentina's coast. But faith in British fair play survives, and in 1964 both countries agreed to let Elizabeth II finish what her great-great-grandmother started. Under her ruling, which has just been published, Argentina gets a carefully defined 71% of the disputed area, but in Chile's minority share...
...Falkland Islands are one of the world's remoter causes. Plunked like stones some 300 miles off South America's southeast coast, they are inhabited by penguins, sheep and 2,200 farmers and fishermen who live in a cold and constant drizzle. But a cause they...
...saying, he declared the ill-fated conspirators under arrest, sent a ship to pick up the DC-4's stranded passengers. There was no need to apologize to the residents of the Falkland Islands: the at tempted invasion had given them something to talk about for years to come...
...Ministers and 83 Foreign Ministers. One by one, in speeches as much for the home folks as for the Assembly, they poured out their national hopes and fears, grievances and ambitions. The Philippines laid claim to a large chunk of Malaysia; Argentina demanded that the British give back the Falkland Islands; and Ireland, thumbing its nose at Britain, said the U.N. was "our best hope for the reunification of the Irish nation...
Expedition! (ABC, 7-7:30 p.m.). "The World of Penguins," invaded by an expedition to the Falkland Islands...