mazum@iitcs.UUCP (Pinaki Mazumder) (02/21/85)
World's Top Ten Events of the last year and India
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Recently, the Associated Press (AP) conducted an opin-
ion poll to determine the first ten MOST remarkable events
occurred in the world in 1984. The question was asked to the
editors of the foremost newspapers around the world. Poll
totals were determined by assigning ten points for every
first place nomination, nine for second, and so on. The
average was calculated and the rankings are given below:
(1) T_h_e A_s_s_a_s_s_i_n_a_t_i_o_n o_f I_n_d_i_r_a G_a_n_d_h_i
(2) The Reagan Re-election
(3) The Death of Mr. Andropov and the Rise of Mr. Cher-
nenko
(4) The Draught and Famine in Ethiopia
(5) T_h_e B_h_o_p_a_l T_r_a_g_e_d_y
(6) The Assassination attempt on Margaret Thatcher
(7) The LA Olympic and the Russian Boycott
(8) T_h_e G_o_l_d_e_n T_e_m_p_l_e S_e_i_g_e
(9) Developments in Central America and US involvement
By the way, Indira Gandhi has been posthumously awarded
the 1984 Jwaharlal Nehru Memorial Award for International
Understanding.
[ihnp4!iitcs!mazum]jayasim@uiucdcsb.UUCP (02/22/85)
Talking about dubious distinction, this takes the prize.
Fame!- you're gotten by many means.
D.N.Jayasimha,
U of Illinois, C-U,
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