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1978 ended with UK industrial relations slipping to their lowest post-war ebb with the so-called winter of discontent.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1978 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

VA becomes EFBIF

Viv Anderson;

England’s first black international footballer

2.

MD becomes a BH for the first time in the UK

May day;

Bank Holiday

3.

Former IPAM is kidnapped by the RB

Italian Premier Aldo Moro;

Red Brigade

4.

RM (I) and Peter Habeler (Austria) make FAOEWO

Reinhold Messner (Italy);

First ascent of Everest without oxygen

5.

MMAMCAD, a TTLSL tops the charts

Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs;

Tribute to L S Lowry

6.

AHWBP at AA

Annie Hall wins Best Picture;

Academy Awards

7.

No longer Staying On -PSA  of TRQ dies

Paul Scott author;

The Raj Quartet

8.

ITBAON to win the Cup Final, RO scoring the goal

Ipswich Town beat Arsenal one nil;

Roger Osborne

9.

TSBS starts its 32 year TV run presented by MB

The South Bank Show;

Melvyn Bragg

10.

KHOJ marries 26 year old Lisa Halaby who takes the name QN

King Hussein of Jordan;

Queen Noor