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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 10, 1977
Closing of section of I Street to be subject of hearing |
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George Washington University's plans to close a one-block section of I Street, between 23d and 24th Streets NW, and turn it into a pedestrian mall and park will be the subject of a second public hearing Mar. 22.It is also another skirmish in the running battle between the university and the dwindling number of town house residents in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood west of the White House.Residents fear not that G.W. will spend $120,000 to create a...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 23, 1977
Easing Investors' Fears of Quebec |
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Quebec's new Premier, Rene Levesque, arrives in New York City on Monday for two days of crucial meetings with U.S. bankers and financial executives and a major address Tuesday night before the Economic Club of New York, whose membership includes many of this country's most important business leaders.Levesque faces the formidable task of convincing the financial community here that there is nothing to fear in the recent election triumph of his Separatist Parti...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 16, 1977
The Collectors: Inaugural Cancellations |
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The Postal Service has added a little frosting to the normally limited philatelic observance of a presidential inauguration by making its usual "Inauguration Day" machine cancel available at three locations Jan. 20.The special postmark will be applied at the Washington D.C., Main Post Office, as usual, and also at Plains, Ga., and Ceylon, Minn. Plains is the hometown of President-elect Jimmy Carter, and Ceylon is the birthplace of Vice President-elect Walter F....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 10, 1977
The New Black: Educated, Frustrated |
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Liz Magopa's ticket into the uncertain pleasures of the most affluent life that blacks are supposed to find in south Africa's cities came with the secretarial course she completed a year ago.Bright and personable, hear wardrobe chosen with a flair and confidence uncommon in a country of downdy-dressing working women, the 23-year-old secretary now earns six times as much as her mother, an uneducated widow, who gets $35 a month as a full-time maid for a white...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 9, 1977
Stock Market Analysts Optimistic, But . . . |
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Stock market analysts continue to be bullish about prospects for the market as 1977 commences. But the tendency for the market to fizzle rather than sizzle every time it hits the 1,000 number on the Dow has caused the bulls to pull in their horns somewhat.The consensus among analysts is that the economic fundamentals remain positive, that President-elect Carter will generate enough confidence and put into effect enough stimulus to perk what is seen as an already reaccelerating economic...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 2, 1977
Critics' Roundtable The Arts: Poised for 1977 . . . and Beyong |
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Members of the arts staff of the Style section met last week for an informal roundtable discussion of the arts in 1976. Participating in the session were: Gary Arnold, film critic; Richard L. Coe, drama critic; Paul Hume, music critic; Alan M. Kriegsman, dance critic; Paul Richard, art critic; Larry Rother, popular music correspondent; and Sander Vanocur, television columnist. The discussion was moderated and edited by Christian Williams, culture assignment editor .Williams: A Harris poll...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 2, 1977
Pro Shop Corporation Dissolved by Dosers |
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The Doser family has dissovled its corporation for the golf shop at Washingtonian. Clarence Doser, longtime pro at Washingtonian, left the club and was succeeded by his con, Jack. All the merchandise in the golf shop was under the family corporation but Jack Doser now will have his own.The Baseball Hall of Fame voting is under way and it seems likely that Gil Hodges, who spent the first five of nine years as a major league manager in Washington, finally will make it. He batted a mere .273...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 23, 1977
TRAN OIL LOAN |
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The National Petroleum Co. of Iran has obtained a $50 million, seven-year bank loan from a syndicate managed by Kuhn Loeb Lehman Brothers International under agreements signed in London yesterday.The loan follows the signing earlier this month of a $310 million, eight-year loan to the NPC from a syndicate led by Chase Manhattan Ltd. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 27, 1977
Best Acting West of Broadway |
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The Actors Theater of Louisville, State Theater of Kentucky, is well named. During its adventurous festival of six new American plays, the acting level proved more than the equal of any you'll find west of Broadway. The core of the company is eight resident players with others brought in for two or three productions each, all recognized if not famous players.During a break between plays, a genial, tweed-jacketed fellow in his still-boyish 30s observes: "Jon...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 11, 1977
Witnesses Split Against Burns Policies |
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Two leading economists, both mentioned in speculation as possible successors to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur F. Burns, yesterday split in their appraisals of the board's current policy.In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, former board member Arthur F. Brimmer said that new moves to restrain the growth of the money supply, announced Wednesday by Burns, could only be considered "a further step toward monetary restraint and higher interest...
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