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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 29, 1977
Japan Is Now Expected to Take Bold Economic Steps |
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Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda's Cabinet reshuffle represents a recent conviction on his part that he must show a new economic face to the world and take a bolder, more decisive role in reviving Japan's economy.By moving several new men to the center of action today, he acknowledged that his 11-month old go-slow formula was not working. It was an admission that many of his critics have been right in saying for the past few months that he had not succeeded in the role...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 4, 1977
U.S. and Algeria: Uneasy Partners in Gas Market |
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Burgeoning energy needs have made the United States the largest trading partner of Algeria despite ideological differences with this selfproclaimed radical leader of the Third World.Faced with the short-run threat of financial strangulation. Algeria has staked its economic stability over the next 25 years on sales of liquefied natural gas to the United States.Such implicit dependence grates on the fiercely indepedent Algerian who are torn between their fascination with American... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 22, 1977
An Impending Israeli Assault into Lebanon? |
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The avoidance of collision with President Carter over Israels latest affront on new West Bank settlements may encourage Prime Minister Menachem Begin to escalate his game of "chicken" with a daring raid into southern Lebanon.Diplomatic experts give odds of just under 50-50 for a swift Israeli move across the border against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO: guerrilas, under the attractive guise of protecting Lebanese Cheristians. The raid probably would last no... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 20, 1977
EEC Protests Israeli West Bank Towns |
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The nine-nation European Economic Community has protested to Israel last month's decision to set up three new Jewish settlements on the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, it was announced yesterday in Brussels.An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said Israel had rejected the EEC protest on the ground that the government's action was merely a formality, since the three settlements had existed for years.The protest was delivered by...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 3, 1977
C.W. Deaton's Brilliant Conceived Castle Bank Scam |
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Charles ("C.W.") Deaton, a short, raw-boned Texan who speaks with a twang and favors patterned leisure suits, hardly fits the image of the smooth international financier.But according to testimony in a federal case here, several big investors believed his boasts of banking connections that stretched from Nassau's Bay Street to London's Threadneedle Street - and beyond. They put millions of dollars toward financing a far-out silver mining...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 20, 1977
'Coincidence of Objectives' Ties Saudis, U.S. |
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The enormous power that has settled uneasily onto the shoulders of an elderly and infirm king, his two determined but mutually distrusting half-brothers and their 2,000 uncles, rousing and other male relatives is now thrusting Saudi Arabia into the front line of world politics.Taken for granted or even ignored by past U.S. administrations as a policy pygmy in its own region. Saudi Arabia and its royal family have in four years moved swiftly toward the center of American calculations and... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 9, 1977
Mexico secured a $1.2 bilion loan from a 74 bank |
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Mexico secured a $1.2 bilion loan from a 74 bank international consortium in Frankfurt. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 19, 1977
$6.8 Billion Foreign Aid Is Approved by House |
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The House passed the $6.8 billion foreign aid bill yesterday, compromising with President Carter on indirect U.S. contributions to seven countries that are said to be gross violators of human rights.By a vote of 229 to 195 the House agreed to drop a provision prohibiting international banks from using U.S. funds for loans to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Cuba, Uganda, Mozambique or Angola.Carter had written the House last week that he would order U.S. representatives on the banks to vote... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 26, 1977
Obstacles to a Mideast Settlement |
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The unleashing of intense Zionist emotions under the banner of Eretz Israel - a larger, Old Testament Israel - is becoming a threat to President Carter's Mideast plans, with Prime Minister Menahem Begin cast as a modern Joshua.Israel's new and immensely popular leader confides to intimates that he now knows he understimated Carter's angry reaction to the establishment of new Jewish settlements inside the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank. But... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 13, 1977
Changing Names |
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Some say they do it for religious reasons. Others say they want to get closer to their roots. Some say it has to do with getting away from the traditional view of a woman's place in the world.Whatever the reasons, more and more Washington area are going to courthouses to get their names changed. Many find it easy. Others decide the process is too tedious and decide to stick with their old names. Some change their names and find part of the process a little ridiculous.... |
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