Alan Watts ( 1975: xix ) explains using Wade – Giles " in spite of its defects " but writes: " No uninitiated English-speaking person could guess how to pronounce it, and I have even thought, in a jocularly malicious state of mind, that Professors Wade and Giles invented it so as to erect a barrier between profane and illiterate people and true scholars.

In 1975, the country was renamed " The People's Republic of Benin " after the Bight of Benin ( not the unrelated historical Kingdom of Benin ) since " Benin ," unlike " Dahomey ," was deemed politically neutral for all ethnic groups in the state.

Acheampong became head of state, and the NRC ruled from 1972 to 1975.

The 1975 constitution, which describes Greece as a " presidential parliamentary republic ", includes extensive specific guarantees of civil liberties and vests the powers of the head of state in a president elected by parliament.

During the governments of General Juan Alberto Melgar ( 1975 – 78 ) and General Policarpo Paz ( 1978 – 82 ), Honduras built most of its physical infrastructure and electricity and terrestrial telecommunications systems, both of which are state monopolies.

Gandhi's yoga guru, Dhirendra Brahmachari, helped her in making certain decisions and also executed certain top level political tasks on her behalf, especially from 1975 to 1977 when Gandhi " dissolved Parliament, declared a state of emergency and suspended civil liberties.

Michigan ( 1975 ) was the first state to create a GBMI verdict, after two prisoners released after being found NGRI committed violent crimes within a year of release, one raping two women and the other killing his wife.

Goa was invaded by India in 1961 and became an Indian state in 1987 ; East Timor was abandoned in 1975 and was then invaded by Indonesia.

The action is condemned by the Yishuv at the time, but the bodies of the assassins are brought home from Egypt in 1975 to a state funeral and burial on Mount Herzl.

In 1975 the Ellice Islands separated from the colony to form the independent state of Tuvalu.

Democratic Kampuchea was the name of the state as controlled by the government of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.

Following its accession to power in 1975, the communist government imposed a dogmatic Soviet-style command economy system, replacing the private sector with state enterprises and cooperatives ; centralizing investment, production, trade, and pricing ; and creating barriers to internal and foreign trade.

Johansson and Rosengren predicted in 1975 that Md would prefer a divalent metallic state, similar to europium ( Eu ) and ytterbium ( Yb ), rather than a trivalent one.

In addition, after the independence day on June 25, 1975, the eruption of the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ) destroyed the remaining wealth and left the former Portuguese Overseas Province in a state of absolute disrepair.

When independence was proclaimed in 1975, the leaders of FRELIMO's military campaign rapidly established a one-party state allied to the Soviet bloc, eliminating political pluralism, religious educational institutions, and the role of traditional authorities.

* 1975 – India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state holds a referendum in which the popular vote is in favor of merging with India.

In 1975, Foot, along with Jennie Lee and others, courted controversy when they supported Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, after she prompted the declaration of a state of emergency.

* 1975 – Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

In the United States, the nonpartisan blanket primary, introduced in Louisiana for partisan state elections in 1975 and federal elections in 1978 ( with a short return to a closed primary system in 2010 ), is virtually identical to the two-round system.

* Timothy M. Wolfe, President of the University of Missouri System who also quarterbacked 1975 Rock Bridge 3A state championship football team

Its 1975 manifesto stated that its goal was a " concentrated strike against the heart of the State, because the state is an imperialist collection of multinational corporations ".

In 1975, Somoza imposed a state of siege, censoring the press, and threatening all opponents with internment and torture.

He made a state visit to France in 1975, cementing close ties with some French business and ruling political circles.

* Dismissal — some constitutions allow a Head of state ( or their designated representative, as is the case in Commonwealth countries ) to dismiss a Head of government, though its use can be controversial, as occurred in 1975 when then Australian Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Australian Constitutional Crisis.

In addition, after the independence day on June 25, 1975, the eruption of the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ) destroyed the remaining wealth and left the former Portuguese Overseas Province in a state of absolute disrepair.

This was the case in a famous United States Supreme Court decision in 1975, O ' Connor v. Donaldson, when Kenneth Donaldson, a patient committed to Florida State Hospital, sued the hospital and staff for confining him for 15 years against his will.

When he retired from Colorado in 1975, Ulam had begun to spend winter semesters at the University of Florida, where he was a graduate research professor.

* Washington-Baltimore Ambassadors / Virginia Ambassadors / Florida Blazers 1974 / San Antonio Wings 1975

After Frank Borman became president of Eastern Air Lines in 1975, he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center to Miami-Dade County, Florida.

* Dave Mitchell, a Miami, Florida, radio personality, was a resident from 1973 to 1975, attending Howard Payne University and hosting morning radio programs on Brownwood stations KBWD and KEAN.

Thunders and Nolan left in 1975, while on tour in Florida.

In 1975 it was headquartered in the Dadeland Towers in what is now the Kendall CDP in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Ed Acker, formerly CEO of Braniff International Airlines, led an acquisition of Air Florida in 1975 and expanded the airline into the interstate market following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.

Harris graduated from Bartow High School in Bartow, Florida, in 1975, and then attended the University of Madrid in 1978.

Hunt eventually spent 33 months in prison at the low-security Federal Prison Camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on a conspiracy charge, arriving there on April 25, 1975, and said he was bitter that he was sent to jail while Nixon was allowed to resign while avoiding prosecution for any crimes he may have committed, and was later fully pardoned in September, 1974, by incoming President Gerald Ford.

He began as an assistant coach at Hastings ( 1964 ) before moving on to Wichita State ( 1965 ), Army ( 1966 – 69 ), Florida State ( 1970 – 72 ), Vanderbilt ( 1973 – 74 ), and Texas Tech ( 1975 – 77 ).

* Carnival Cruise Lines Terminal Building, Port of Miami ( Dodge Island ), Miami, Florida, 1975

The 1975 Florida Gators came into the game with a 6 – 1 record and No. 7 ranking, while the Georgia Bulldogs were 5 – 2 and ranked No. 19.

He was a Gravity Specialist and Co-Chief Scientist and eventually Associate Director at Lamont Geological Observatory ( now known as Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ), director of the Marine Science Institute Geophysical Laboratory at Galveston, Texas, from 1975 – 79, vice-president of Society of Exploration Geophysicists ( 1978 – 79 ), and principal investigator of the drilling program on the Blake plateau region off Jacksonville, Florida, in 1965.

St. Petersburg, Florida: Valkrie Press, 1975.

: Moved to MacDill AFB, Florida, 30 June 1975

After a short break in Eddie Graham's Championship Wrestling from Florida, he returned to Tri-State in 1975.

He also earned a master of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering Systems from the University of West Florida in 1975.

At Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, between 1975 and 1978, he was an F-4 Phantom II and A-7D weapons system test pilot and joint test force director for electronic warfare testing of the F-15 Eagle.

In early 1975, the group was supposed to be the opening act for Ten Years After at a show in Florida, but when Ten Years After backed out at the last minute, Spirit was granted permission to take over the theatre for the evening.

He worked for a wildlife adventure company and directed the small Sanford Zoo and Central Florida Zoo from 1973 to 1975.

The team started as the Florida Blazers in 1974, then moved to San Antonio in 1975 and became the San Antonio Wings.

"--- calling Bulldog tight end Richard Appleby ’ s 80-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gene Washington against Florida in 1975.

Valentine remained in Florida for a year while also working in Los Angeles and in Japan under Antonio Inoki in 1975 and early 1976.

In 1975, Treen was joined by his first Louisiana Republican colleague in the U. S. House when Henson Moore ( born 1939 ) won the Sixth Congressional District seat based in and about Baton Rouge and the Florida Parishes.