Word: four
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Organization of African Unity adopted in principle the concept that the borders should remain as they are. As Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere said, "Our boundaries are so absurd that they must be regarded as sacrosanct." By the same token, the O.A.U. has also condemned secessionist movements. Only four member nations recognized Biafra; two of them, Tanzania and Zambia, did so only as an unsuccessful ploy to facilitate a negotiated settlement of the conflict...
North Viet Nam has not yet recovered from the effects of the four-year U.S. bombing that ended 14 months ago. Military target areas in Hanoi's suburbs are still strewn with rubble. Industrial production in 1969, which was supposed to increase by 16.4%, actually rose only 6.6%. One reason: bombing strikes have left North Viet Nam with only one-third the electrical capacity it possessed...
...Four Chinese peasants in Kweiyang Commune 18 miles north of Hong Kong were condemned to a total of 50 years of "labor reform" last week for showing disrespect for Chairman Mao Tsetung. In fact, a three-year-old boy, some roosting hens and a clutch of cockroaches were responsible for three of the crimes. No matter, the men were convicted, and their sentences were announced by the commune chairman, a senior army officer. One 30-year-old farmer drew ten years of "labor reform," which means hard labor, for permitting his three-year-old son to tear up a picture...
...Super Bowl and Kansas City's powerful defensive front four reminded National Press Club Speaker Robert Finch of what he termed his own "Frantic Four: pollution, the population explosion, the Pill and pesticides." The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare continued: "The best thing we've found so far for the population explosion is a 24-hour schedule for athletic events on TV-all year round...
...National Football League's vaunted Baltimore Colts. Score: Jets 16, Colts 7. This year Snyder rated the N.F.L. Minnesota Vikings 13 points better than the A.F.L.'s Kansas City Chiefs. The Greek's calculations included six points for the Vikings' offense, three for their defense, four for their coach and the fact that the game was in New Orleans, an N.F.L. city. Wrong again. Kansas City Coach Hank Stram (see box) had clearly done a better job of preparing his players for the big game than Minnesota's Bud Grant. The Chiefs outran, outpassed, outhustled...