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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 18, 1977
Okun Takes Self Out of Running To Become Next Fed Chairman |
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"Just because my first name is Arthur, I smoke a pipe, graduated from Columbia, am from New Jersey, and am Jewish, some members of the press art convinced I should be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Not me."Speaking was Arthur M. Okun, who shares some of the same external characteristics as the current chairman, yesterday declared himself out of the running. Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Johnson and now a senior fellow at...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 21, 1977
U.K. MONEY SUPPLY UP |
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Britain's broad money supply, M3, rose in the five weeks ended Sept. 21 by 920 million sterling or about 225 per cent, the Bank of England said yesterday. In the month earlier period M3 had been virtually unchanged. ... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 16, 1977
Tongsun Park's Club |
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FRANCIS COLT DE WOLF JR., Washington insurance man, gazed into the distance and recalled the days, more than a decade ago, when Tongsun Park wanted to start a new Washington social club."Well, he just started moving around socially in town," recalled de Wolf. "People used to ask me what the heck this kid is doing. He was a rich kid, you know. I just said, "Well, I don't know. Some rich kids like to buy yachts, some like to start... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 1, 1977
'Stroszek': Misfit With Noble Heart |
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The delights and revelations of the New German Cinema, as exemplified in the movies of Werner Herzog and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, seem to manifest themselves time and again to several American critics, but they remain a mystery to me.Since there are a handful of supposedly devastating Herzog titles and about three dozen reputed master pieces from Fassbinder I still haven't caught up with. I'm willing to allow that my suspicions about their genius may be...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 13, 1977
Businessmen Still Uncertain About Carter Policies |
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Businessmen remain very uncertain about President Carter's economic policies despite efforts during the first eight months of his administration to woo the business community and gain its confidence.That is the main conclusion drawn from a series of interviews with business and financial leaders conducted by the Washington Post.While Applauding some of President Carter's early moves in the economic area - particularly the decision to withdraw the $50 tax rebate...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 13, 1977
SAY YES: |
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The Export-Import Bank yesterday tentatively approved $590 million in loans to Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company, Pemex, to build a gas pipeline to the U.S. and other projects. The loans carry 8.5 per cent annual interest rates.The Pemex pipeline is expected to deliver about 800 million cubic feet of gas daily to the U.S. by early 1979. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 9, 1977
LaBelle Lance Doesn't Want Pity |
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Reprinted from yesterday's late editions.If you think it's been a tough two weeks for Bert Lance, imagine how his wife, LaBelle, feels about it. "I don't want people to feel sorry for us," said Mrs. Lance, who with her husband was one of the first to arrive for Wednesday night's State Department dinner hosted by Secretary of State Cyrus vance for the 280 U.S. ambassadors and other visiting delegates who...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 13, 1977
U.S. Studies Steps to Take as Pressure Against South Africa |
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The United States has drawn up a list of concrete steps designed to signal its determination to bring about policy changes in South Africa's white-minority government, American diplomats said privately here today.The steps - some monor, some major - were discussed at the just-concluded four-day meeting of American ambassadors to black Africa attended by Andrew Young, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations.Examples of the measures considered here were the withdrawal of the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 20, 1977
The Misfit: Killings Inevitable |
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At the age of 20, Robert Angell believes he has himself figured out. "I know that I'd never get anywhere in society. You have to have certain qualities to get along . . . I don't have those qualities, as far as being interested in school or going to a job every day."Looking back on it now after a year of courts, psychiatric wards and jail cells, with 40 or more years to go, he feels the events of last March were inevitable.On March 26,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 25, 1977
The Paradox of Peace |
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One supreme theme of Christmas returns this year to its place of origin. The prospect of peace on earth shines forth in Bethlehem and Jerusalem and Galflee and other spots, sacred and profane, in the Mideast.But not thanks to another Christmas theme - goodwill toward men. On the contrary, today's effective peacemakers are mainly driven by vanity, chauvinism and massive political self-interest.The decent, disinterested approach to an accord between Arabs and Israelis finds...
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