Word: referring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unique and slightly embarrassing distinction: it does not have power to amend all of its own constitution. Control over a key section of the country's founding document, the British North America Act of 1867, is still held by the British Parliament in Westminster. Reason: the critical passages refer to the division of powers between the federal government and Canada's ten powerful provinces, which have never been able to agree unanimously on a formula that would remove the last colonial trace from the country's political structure. Last week Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau moved to overcome...
Ostensibly, the reason for the takeover was that Lonrho had been evading the United Nations' economic sanctions against Rhodesia (which black African leaders refer to as Zimbabwe). In fact, the move was an irritated response by Nyerere, a prominent backer of the Patriotic Front, to Rowland's ambiguous dealings with both sides in the delicate Rhodesian situation...
...Columbia, students called him Vitamin Z. At the White House, inner-circle Georgians refer to him as Woody Woodpecker, because his Dagwood-style haircut gives him the cartoon character look, and because he keeps rap-rap-rapping for the President's ear. His friends call him Zbig, and their one-word description is energetic. He thinks fast, acts fast, talks fast. Critics would say too fast, too compulsively and too impulsively. Even his trim body, angular face and darting eyes convey an image of intense energy...
...unpaid hot-line volunteers, ages 16 to 70, must be open-minded and prepared to refer problem cases to doctors and therapists. In New York, the 50 volunteers go through a ten-month training period, during which they are lectured by doctors on sexual behavior and taught counseling techniques. Many hot-line staffers have solved sexual problems of their own and work without pay, as one volunteer explains, "to help others find a healthy approach...
...which has been seeking autonomy for Shaba since Zaïre gained its independence from Belgium in 1960, launched a deadly strike on the region from their bases in Marxist-run Angola. In a seesaw battle with the forces of President Mobutu Sese Seko, the Katangese rebels-who variously refer to themselves as les tigres (French for tigers) or camaradas (Portuguese for comrades)-captured the provincial capital of Kolwezi (pop. 100,000). The rebels carried out coldblooded executions, slaughtering at least 100 whites and 300 blacks, before they were driven from the city...