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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 26, 1977
Charlie Chaplin, Comic Actor Famed for Role as 'Tramp', Dies |
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Charlie Chaplin, a comic actor and filmmaker of genius, died in his sleep early yesterday at his home at [WORD ILLEGIBLE] Vevey, Switzerland. He was 89.Chaplin in created "The Tramp" and play the part for 30 years. "The Tramp" had a tooth-brush mustache, a derby hat, baggy pants, and shoes that were too big. He carried a cane and often wore a flower on his lapel. His walk was a kind of animated waddle. He was a figure of fun and he was funny....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 22, 1977
Oil Countries' Surpluses Target of Panel's Queries |
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Members of a Senate subcommittee clashed repeatedly yesterday with a senior administration official show told them that the growing dollar surpluses in oil producing countries pose no "imminent danger" to the world's financial system.During a question and answer sesion that grew testy and heated on several occasions, Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) said the witness was "wugarcoating" the situation to make it seem less ominous than it... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 29, 1977
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, the only living five-star g |
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Gen. Omar N. Bradley, the only living five-star general in the nation, bid farewell to California this week. California did not let him leave quietly.Bradley, who is moving to Fort Bliss, Tex., in mid-November, was paid a tribute Thursday by the California National Guard in ceremonies that included a 19-cannon salute and Gov. Edmund G. Brown's presentation of the Medal of Valor. The 84-year-old World War II Field commander reviewed the sic groupings of troops from his seat in a... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 20, 1977
Kidnapers Slay Schleyer |
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Industrial leader Hanns-Martin Schleyer was found dead in a car trunk in France tonight, his throat slashed by West German terrorists who kidnaped him 45 days ago in a vain attempt to blackmail the Bonn government into freeing 11 jailed comrades.The slaying is the latest in a wave of terrorist attacks, police counter-attacks and mysterious prison suicides this past week that has bewildered West Germany and stirred emotions around the world.Schleyer's kidnapers made clear... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 29, 1977
INTERNATIONAL LOANS |
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In two separate loan transactions, bank consortiums have agreed to lend $98 million to the Republic of Panama for the construction of Fortuna hydroelectric plant, and $500 million to Italy to finance "productive investments."The Panama loan will be managed by the Bank of Tokyo Ltd. for a group of international banks; part of the financing will also come from the Inter-American Development Bank The loan to Italy will be managed by Chemical Bank.... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 26, 1977
Carter Would Like to See Assad |
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President Carter said today that he would like to meet with Syrian President Hafez Assad to discuss the Mideast peace negotiations now taking place between Egypt and Israel.The ostensible purpose of such a meeting would be to discuss what role Syria might play in the negotiations which continued today as Israel Prime Minister Menahem Begin flew to Ismailia, Egypt, for talks with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. A meeting with Assad could take place during the Mideast leg of... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 12, 1977
Larosiere |
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Jacques de Larosiere de Champfeu, top civil servant in the French Treasury, and front-runner for the post of managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is a man who believes that the IMF must assume a greater role in world monetary affairs in years to come.Larosiere, 48, received the informal blessing of the "Big Five" ministers of finance at a meeting in Paris on December 3. The IMF's Committee of the Whole is scheduled to meet on Thursday to... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 3, 1977
The Week's Agenda for White House, Hill |
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Following are some of the major activities on this week's agenda for the White House and Capitol Hill.WHITE HOUSE President Carter makes a two-day visit to U.N. headquarters in New York this week, his first visit as chief executive to the international organization. He is to address the General Assembly Tuesday morning sign two international convenants, host two working lunches and a working dinner for heads of delegations, and in between, confer with Secretary General... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 17, 1977
Hard Core Fans Liven TV Showing |
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Fifteen men were sitting on the cement steps, under the columns that front the 18th Street entrance to DAR Constitution Hall, waiting for the doors to open at 1:45 yesterday afternoon.An hour later the closed-circuit telecast of the World Cup elimination game between Italy and England, live from Wembley Stadium outside London, would go on the giant screen, inspiring audience reaction considerably more raucous than the Daughters of the American Revolution envisioned when they dedicated...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 4, 1977
Muddle in the Middle East |
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What good is achieved by the joint Soviet-American statement favoring an early Geneva conference on the Middle East? What harm does the statement do? Those are the questions that have to be asked in assessing the latest turn of events in the Middle East.The starting point for analysis is the position of the Soviet Union. Having been cold-shouldered by Egypt and Syria, the Russians how hang on in the Arab world by their fingernails. About all they have going for them is the co-chairmanship... |
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