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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 22, 1977
U.S. Criticizes Palestinian Stand |
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The refusal of Palestinian leaders to moderate their opposition to the existence of Israel will "not contribute" to a Middle East settlement, the State Department said yesterday.The Palestine National Council ended its meeting in Cairo with a declaration calling for continuation of the around struggle against Israel.In Jerusalem, Israeli officials said the Palestinian resoultions were extremist and reinforced Israel's decision not to negotiate with...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 8, 1977
The dollar gained slightly against the Japanese y |
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The dollar gained slightly against the Japanese yen on the Tokyo foreign market yesterday for the second straight day but still had made up less than one-tenth of the ground it lost on Monday and Tuesday.The dollar closed at 273.175 yen compared with 273.075 Wednesday. In two days, it has regained 0.35 of the 3.75 yen it dropped earlier in the week.Traders said they expected the dollars to hold steady for the immediate future but to drop to perhaps below 270 yen by the end of the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 30, 1977
Dollar Gains In Europe |
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The beleaguered U.S. dollar scored gains against all major European currencies yesterday in its best day in weeks in foreign exchange trading.The rebound of the American currency followed a surprise announcement from Geneva that Japan is "actively considering" reducing tariff barriers on certain manufactured items.The dollar rose more than a centime against the strong Swiss franc to a late Zurich rate 2.1535 francs. Monday's rate had been 2.1430...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 7, 1977
The U.S. dollar fell sharply against the Japanese |
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The U.S. dollar fell sharply against the Japanese yen yesterday amid expectations that the U.S. currency would be in oversupply by about $300 million this month.The dollar oversupply is expected compared with last Friday's 276.575. In the course of the day, it hit a low of 275.30 yen, but climbed again as oil importers took advantage of the low price to buy dollars.The dollar oversupply is expected to result from a Japanese trade surplus and about $230 million in foreign...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 4, 1977
Moslem Group Kidnaps Egyptian Ex-Minister |
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Extremist Moslem gunmen kidnaped a former Cabinet minister yesterday and threatened to kill him today unless the Egyptian government frees 60 jailed members of their outlawed sect.Police said they had rounded up 100 suspects, including all members of the sect previously release from prison, in the search for Mohamed Zahabi, who was minister of religious affairs for eight months last year. He is an outspoken opponent of the Moslem extremist. "Atonement and...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 28, 1977
The Way We Weren't |
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ONE GATHERS from advance publicity that a lot of people are going to make a lot of money off The Last Best Hope, touted by its publisher as "a monumental epic novel of the 1960s." According to the jacket copy on a special soft-bound edition published for reviewers and other early readers, the novel is scheduled for a 50,000 first printing and has a $65,000 advertising and promotion budget. It is a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, which is money in the bank...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 25, 1977
Leyland Officer Held |
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A British Leyland car company executive and his wife, charged with forging a letter purporting to show that the company was paying bribes overseas, were ordered held without bail yesterday by a London court.Graham Barton, 34, and his Turkish-born wife, Fatima, had their case continued until next week.The letter they are alleged to have forged figured in the center of an uproar over newspaper charges that the state-controlled British Leyland, Britain's biggest exporter,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 6, 1977
Planting Before the New Growth Begins |
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Late winter or early spring, before new growth begins, is one of the best times to plant most kinds of trees and shrubs. In general, evergreens such as pine, spruce and hemlock can be planted in late summer and early fall, and American holly and evergreen magnolia in mid-to-late spring.Many of the trees and shrubs available at nurseries and garden centers today have been grown in containers. Most need to be handled in a certain way when planted in the ground, according to specialists....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 18, 1977
Basques May Give Up Violence, Leader Says |
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The president of the Basques in exile said after a weekend meeting in Tours, France, that "perhaps it is time to end the violence and go into negotiations" with the Spanish government.Jesu-Maria de Leizola spoke after meeting with the president of another Spanish exile separatist group, Jose Taradellas of Catalonia.Referring to Catalonia, which has a separate regional status, de Leizaola told reporters on Saturday: "We will see what Catalonia does....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 14, 1977
Dollar Slides |
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The price of gold jumped more than $2.50 an ounce in major European centers yesterday, while the dollar continued to sag.Continued doubts over the ability of President Carter's administration to bring American inflation under control undermined the dollar, London dealers said.Gold was buoyed by the announcement by the U.S. Treasury that it has no intention at this time to hold further auctions of the metal.Gold closed at $152.95 an ounce in London, up from $150.25...
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