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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 30, 1977
Changing Command at the Fed |
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AS AN EXAMPLE of political surgery, President Carter's replacement of Dr. Arthur F. Burns as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board appears to be a success. The nomination of G. William Miller, the head of Textron Inc., suggests no great or sudden change in policy, which ought to reassure businessmen. But neither is it a commitment to maintain precisely the Burns position. By choosing the head of a large industrial company, Mr. Carter offers an interesting hint as to precisely which...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 25, 1977
Chile Moves Ahead, But Poor Suffer |
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The lunch provided by the Catholic church at the San Miguel soup kitchen varies little from day to day - soup of vegetables and rice, a piece of bread, salad and a glass of milk. For most of the 40 children who eat there, it is the only meal of the day.The food, bought with money from abroad, is cooked by women with rotten teeth and cracked hands who take the leftovers home to their menfolk.Few residents of this working-class neighborhood in southern Santiago - once known as the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 8, 1977
Ban on Prayers At Temple Mount Upheld in Israel |
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The authority of police to ban Jewish prayer services on Jerusalem's Temple Mount will be maintained, Joseph Burg, Minister of the Interior said here.Burg, a veteran leader of the National Religious Party was speaking in his new capacity as head of police administration. Prime Minister Menahem Begin has abolished a separate police ministry placing it under the administration of the Interior Ministry.The Temple Mount at the highest point in the Old City, is a raised...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 27, 1977
PLO Awaits U.S. Reaction To New Stance on Peace |
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The Palestine Liberation Organization has tried to tell the United States that it has adopted a more moderate stance toward Middle East peace by removing members of the radical Rejection Front organization from its executive council, a PLO official said today.But, according to diplomats and Palestinians interviewed here, the PLO signal has not yet been recognized by the United States.The signal was the Palestinian National Council's approval last Monday of the makeup of...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 23, 1977
Liberals Bend Toward Callaghan |
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Prime Minister James Callaghan was weighting a softened offer from the Liberals today that could save his Labor government from defeat on Wednesday.The 13 Liberal member's of Parliament who hold a strategic position in the struggle for power going on here, have offered to back the government in return for the right to be consulted on all future legislation.The proposal represents a considerable easing of the terms originally put forward by Liberal leader David Steel on...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 22, 1977
CUBA |
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His title is ElConde de Lagunillas, Marques de Casa Calv. He produces his ecru engraved card. But that is not his only title. Recently his uncle in Spain died. From him he inherited another title. The Count of Fernandina."Now," says the little old man, nodding with pride, "now I'm a Grandee of pain."In Cuba they call him Companero Conde.Comrade Count.His family has been in Cuba since the 17th Century, always... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 4, 1977
Montreal Police Return |
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Policemen ended their slowdown, returning to neighborhoods unnerved by three days of increased armed robbery, murder and violence. The 25 bank robberies during the period were triple the normal rate. Police were protesting lack of progress in contract talks. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 17, 1977
Iran Arranges Loan |
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Iran has arranged a $500 million loan from American and European banks to meet a budget deficit, caused by a drop in oil revenues, Iranian officials said. They said $200 million will be used in the Iranian fiscal year ending March 21 and the rest the following fiscal year. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 29, 1977
Frank Mann Dies |
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Frank J. Mann, 81, founder and retired board chairman of the Mann Potato Chip Co. of Washington, died Monday in Boca Raton, Fla., where he had resided for the last two years.He had founded the Mann firm in 1932. A family-owned business, the company and its subsidiaries had become the largest potato chip and snack maker in the Middle Atlantic states by 1957, when it was acquired by Sunshine Biscuits, Inc.It continued to retain its identity with Mr. Mann as chairman of the board and his...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 4, 1977
Worst of the West Intruding Into Old Culture |
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India When Ravi Shankar broke a string here in mid-concert the other day, a woman sitting nearby leaned over and whispered to me: "It's the Indian weather you know. It makes the strings awfully brittle." If ever I needed to be convinced that Ravi Shankar and his fans have become almost wholly Westernized, that did it.Not that Shankar comes home very often. He is said to find the comforts - and the climate - of California far more to his taste. When...
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