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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 2, 1977
Anastasia And Love Of Royalty |
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America's love affair with royalty has taken heart with the news of a development in the Anastasia case.A West German identity specialist now says that a comparison of ears has convinced him that Ann Anderson Manahan, 75, of Charlottesville, Va., is indeed the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.The teen-aged Anastasia was supposedly murdered with her father, Czar Nicholas II, and the rest of the royal family in 1918 at Ekaterinberg. But on Feb. 17, 1919, a young woman,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 23, 1977
Cadillac Mystique: 'Lookin' Good' |
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When Charles Vann graduated from high school, his grandparents said to him, "Pick out a car and we will buy it for you." Vann, who is 18,, now drives a $17,500, 18-foot long Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance with dark blue florentine velour sofa seats and a blue tint sun roof. His friends say, "Well, right on Vann." Why not?As Vann cruises through the city caressed by blue shades and stereo, the Cadillac mystique that for the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 21, 1977
Economic Realities Cool Mozambique's Ideological Ardor |
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Mozambique's President Samora Machel has set his sights on the rapid transformation of this former Portuguese colony into Africa's first authentic Marxist-Leninist state, but a critical economic situation is slowing his progress.While his government has just lurched sharply to the left in its ideology, it is proceeding at the same time with caution in its economic policy under the impact of massive economic problems. Since independence 20 months ago, even feeding...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 20, 1977
The Sculptor As Sculpture |
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Say that Louise Nevelson at 77 is the greatest living sculptor in the United States, and most people who think about such things will agree. Say that Nevelson is the country's greatest living sculpture, and a great many more will say yea, verily.The evidence: A five-story, 29-ton steel "Sky Tree" Nevelson sculpture has just been mounted at 3 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco. Another major Nevelson work is to be made for the Philip Hart Memorial...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 17, 1977
Paddle Tennis Goes for Brokers |
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STOCKBROKER . . . securities salesman . . . financial consultant . . . investment banker . . . portfolio manager . . . trader in institutional arbitrage . . .It seemed Wall Street had decided to float south to Washington for the weekend.But the charcoal grey suits and stuffed briefcases gave way to orange-and-blue sweat suits, forest green satchels and at least one red T-shirt bearing the inscription: "A woman without a man is like a fish without a...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 3, 1977
Discussing The Status of 'Canadian Drama: Present And Future' |
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"Canadian Drama: Present and Future" will be the Feb. 14 theme for the current symposium on 20th-Century Canadian Culture, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. With Toronto Globe and Mail drama critic John Fraser as moderator, the panel, meeting at 8 p.m. in the Phillips Collection, will include Jean-Claude Germain, director of Montreal's Le Theatre d'Aujourd'hui; Tom Hendry of the Toronto Free Theater: John Hirsch,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 28, 1977
Economic Debris of Egypt's Riots Weighs Heavily on Sadat |
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A week after its worst riots in a quarter-century, Egypt appears to be in a state of economic and political confusion that is widely believed to have weakened the position of President Anwar Sadat.Sadat's response to the disorders was to commit the government to a spending program it cannot afford - "Borrowing from the second half of the year to pay for the first half," as one specialist put it - and to renew pleas for help from Egypt's...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 27, 1977
Nimeri Efforts, Arab Rivalry Seen Ending U.S.-Sudan Rift |
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After a decade of periodic tensions and repeated setbacks in their relations. the United States and Sudan appear to be on the verge of establishing close ties.If a breakthrough occurs, it will be due partly to the persistent efforts of Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeri and partly to shifts within big-power and Arab rivalries in northeastern Africa.A broad array of Western nations and conservative Arab oil powers led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have come to the economic and diplomatic...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 24, 1977
Servants for the Diplomats |
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On Feb. 7, 1972, at an international arrivals terminal of New York's Kennedy Airport, a dark-skinned woman in a deep blue sari stepped out of an airplane and into America.Her name was Sugunammu Meesarapu. She was 46 years old, a widow from the Indian city of Narsapur. She had come to settle in the Washington area, to cook and clean house for an Indian couple here on diplomatic visas, to make enough money for the college expenses of her two teenaged sons. She had wanted this...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 20, 1977
Carter Sees Chance to Be Great President |
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About to embark on the most important trip of his life, Jimmy Carter stood in front of his home here today and said he believes he has a chance to achieve greatness as the nation's 39th President."I think I'm ready now to be President," Carter said as he and his family left their home to begin the trip to Washington where he will be sworn in Thursday.Asked if he really thinks he could be a great President, Carter responded with a...
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