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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 31, 1977
President Praises Poland on Rights |
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Amid rising speculation that he will meet next week with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, President Carter neared the end of his visit here today with a surprisingly strong endorsement of Poland's record in human rights.It was a day filled with symbolism, in which the President paid homage to the heroes of Polish resistance to tyranny, and it was capped by an American-style Presidential news conference, the first of its kind behind what was once known as the Iron Curtain. But...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 30, 1977
Gierek Greets Carter Warmly at Warsaw Airport |
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President Carter, on the first leg of a 16,000-mile journey that will take him to six nations, arrived here tonight to a low-keyed, tightly controlled but officially cordial reception from the Polish Communist government.On a cold damp night Carter was greeted warmly at a remote area of Warsaw's Okecie airport by Edward Gierek, a former coal miner who rose to become first secretary of the Polish Communist Party, and several dozen other government officials.Both men spoke...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 29, 1977
Hiding's No Use |
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Donald Currie, a respectable-looking fellow has in the course of his young career chased a businessman into the bathroom, leaped from park bushes at a romantic couple, and whipped open his overcoat in a crowded streetcar, toned double-breasted bellhop. All while dressed in a brass button suit. And singing, sometimes, to Handel's Hallelujah Chorus: Happy birthday! Happy birthday!Happy birthday! Happy birthday!To day is your day!"You have to keep...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 26, 1977
Southern Africa: History, Money Tie Odd Couple |
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The high tension wires strung across Mozambique hum with power these days for the homes and factories of South Africa's northern Transvaal region.Mozambique workers still line up by the thousands at labor exchanges around Moputo for jobs in the gold mines of South Africa.The harbor here is once again filled with South African chrome, iron ore, coal and general cargo, and the business magazines of Johannesburg feature ads and articles urging companies to step up their use...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 25, 1977
Forecasters' Christmas Gift: Better Economy in '78 |
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The nation's economic soothsayers have a modest, but welcome, present for all of us this Christmas: The economy may not be quite as blah in 1978 as they thought.At this week's meeting of the American Economics Association in New York, prognosticators are expected to be adding enough tinsel to their forecasts to make them glow a wee bit brighter than they first appeared earlier this month. And signs are they'll be continuing to revise them upward in...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 25, 1977
Passing the Basket For Actors Who Are Down-at-the-Heel |
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Whenever some worthy cause needs funds, it's often the performers and their associates who contribute their time and talents. This is the time of year the Actors' Fund of America passes its "Bread Baskets" in theaters from coast to coast.Now in its 96th year, the Actors' Fund is one of our theater's few lasting traditions, but tradition doesn't keep it from new experiments.Next time you're...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 19, 1977
Martial Law Benefits Marcos' Friends |
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A close friend of President Ferdinand E. Marcos had become a very wealthy man - and a symbolic figure - through his deep involvement in one of the largest sales ever by a U.S. company to the Philippines.The good fortune of Herminio Disini, who in five years has grown from a small businessman to a magnate with a giant conglomerate of 35 companies, typifies the growing ability of Marcos' friends and relatives to reap huge financial rewards and influence the economy under his...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 18, 1977
1890-1899 |
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DECADES, like people, have an inflated view of their own worth. The 1890s are no different. Nor should they be. The 1890s was a remarkable decade filled with tumult and contradiction and change - a decade during which the American frontier died, the nation flexed its chauvinistic muscles and stretched imperially, racism was made the law of the land, populism had its heyday, urban America began to take shape and more.To be sure, causes of these tides were buried in the past, in earlier...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 18, 1977
Sadat Hopeful on Peace |
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President Anwar Sadat, in buoyant spirits after a telephone call from President Carter in which they discussed the peace proposals carried to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin, said today that he is "more optimistic" than ever about chances for a peace settlement.Sadat also announced that he and Begin will meet somewhere in Egypt - probably late this week - to discuss the Israeli offer. There were indications that the meeting would take place in the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 17, 1977
Carter's Harsh Words Embitter PLO |
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President Carter's condemnation of the Palestine Liberation Organization has strengthened its feeling of being "locked" out of Middle East peace negotiations by the United States and Egypt, PLO officials said today.They said Carter's harsh charge yesterday that the PLO was "completely negative" in its reaction to current Egyptian and Israeli peace moves was hypocritical and ignored considerable concessions made by the...
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