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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 14, 1977
Threat of Fifth Middle East War Looms |
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The best chance in 30 years for a negotiated settlement to the Arab-Israeli dispute has evaporated almost completely despite the intensive efforts of President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.If a diplomatic deadlock sets in, as appears likely, it could create conditions for political upheaval, guerrilla activity, border clashes and, eventually, a fifth Middle East war.U.S. stakes in the region, now greater than ever, would be directly threatened. Washington's...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 31, 1977
The Soviet State Bank has marked the U.S. dollar |
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The Soviet State Bank has marked the U.S. dollar down against the ruble for the second time this month, according to rates published in the government newspaper, Izvestia. The new rate is $1.38 to the ruble. ... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 30, 1977
'Economists Have Run Out of Ideas' |
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"Our craft is bankrupt," the veteran economist passing through here observed the other day. "Economists have nothing more to say. The bright academics fiddle with elegant mathematical problems of interest only to themselves. The policy-minded have run out of ideas."This harsh judgment, now heard with increasing frequency on both sides of the Atlantic, is likely to be strengthened by the pair of reports emanating this month from prestigious... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 30, 1977
'North-South' Test |
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IDEALLY, PRESIDENT CARTER already would have enunciated a comprehensive and comprehensible policy toward the world's poorest nations, for which he expressed a special sympathy during the campaign. But he hasn't gotten around to it yet, and when he does, he'll find it's a tough job. The North-South problem, as it's called, doesn't lend itself easily to political packaging and executive-branch management, as do such matters... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 17, 1977
Mideast Peace Talks |
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Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated that the Arab states would be willing to participate in a Geneva conference on the Middle East even if the Palestine Liberation Organization refuses.Assad was quoted in a Time magazine interview as saying he would prefer a unified Arab delegation, including Palestinians, "But if the PLO does not desire to participate . . . this would not paralyze the movement of the Arab countries concerned."Assad also said he is willing... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 14, 1977
End to U.S.-Israel Uncertainties Urged |
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Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger said last night it is "imperative" for the United States and Israel to coordinate their policies and end "the cycle of fear and reassurance" between them about a Middle East peace conference in Geneva.No American President "would knowingly risk the future of Israel. Nor would he make a deal to undermine Israel's future for some global "consideration."... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 16, 1977
Touching Bases With Pros of the Past |
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JOHNNY PODRES has gone fishing.Johnny Mize has gone golfing.These were the heroes of a Yankee-Dodger World Series of another era - Podres, the Dodger, in 1955; Mize, the Yankee, in 1952.Podres goes in the morning for bass in a large pond near his home in the Adirondack town of Witherbee, where he was born and always returned after seasons when he pitched for the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn and later Los Angeles.He was the pitching hero of the 1955 World Series - the firt... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 9, 1977
The International Monetary Fund sold 524,800 ounc |
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The International Monetary Fund sold 524,800 ounces of gold at this week's auction at an average price of $147.78 an ounce.The IMF said the 11 successful bidders included several major London dealers. Western European and U.S. banks, and trade houses. ... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 15, 1977
What Television Is Doing to Us - And Why |
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Is TV a crucial force in contemporary society, or is it just another electrical appliance? Do we control it, through Nielsen ratings or does it, through some insidious effect, control us?Perhaps the most provocative responses to such questions come from the Canadian scholar an dauthor Marshall McLuhan, director of the Center for Culture and Technology at the Universtiy of Toronto, whom Life Magazine called "The Oracle of the Electronic Age" This analysis by Prof....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 5, 1977
Swiss Bank Controls |
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The Swiss government yesterday said it will strengthen the powers of the Swiss Banking Commission following the scandal involving the Credit Bank, the third largest in Switzerland.Finance Minister George-Andre Chevallaz told Parliament the scandal, with three managers of the Credit Bank's branch in Chiasso under arrest on charges of criminal mismanagement, damaged the reputation of the Swiss banking community. ... |
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