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RUSSIA 'S FIRST
aircraft carrier in
the Mediterranean, the
Kiev
(left),
demonstrated growing worldwide
Soviet offensive strategy.
LOCK–
HEED BRIBERY SCANDAL
rever–
berated with deep political
repercussions in many nations. in–
cluding Ita/y, the Netherlands, and
Japan, where former Premier
Kakuei Tanaka (be/ow)
was
among those indicted.
GENETIC
ENGINEERING
(right) , took a
giant step forward in 1976 with the
successful
synthesis
of an arti–
ficial gene.
QUAKES, GEOLOGICAL AND POLIT/CAL:
Guatemala devas–
tation (above) signaled an upsurge of killer quakes that
a/so
hit
China, the Soviet Union , Ita/y, Bali, New Guinea, the Philip–
pines, and Turkey. Riots in South Africa
's
black townships
(right), following closely a Communist victory in the Angolan
civil war. catapulted southern Africa into the foretront of world
attention.