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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 2, 1977
A Lesser Role in Foreign Affairs Leaves U.S. With That Left-Out Feeling |
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President Carter's campaign pledge that American foreign policy would no longer "maneuver and manipulate" other countries appears to be moving closer to reality. But Carter has failed to establish that he is comfortable, confident or even in control of the uneasy passage to a post-imperial era.Events in the Middle East and southern Africa - the two regions the Carter administration targeted for much of its early foreign policy energy and interest - have...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 14, 1977
Israel Reserved on Idea of Palestinian-American at Geneva |
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Israel today stopped short of rejecting the suggestion of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat that a Palestinian-American professor represent the Palestinians at a reconvened Geneva conference, but made clear its preference for a Palestinian who is a resident of the occupied territories."We are students. We don't yet know who is the professor." Prime Minister Menachem Begin told reporters after today's Cabinet meeting."You know... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 3, 1977
Reserves Jump in U.K. |
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Britain's gold and dollar reserves rocketed by $3.024 billion in October, with the increse stemming almost entirely from the Bank of England's effort on behalf of the pound.The massive growth of money, reported yesterday by the Treasury, explains why Britain let the pound float on Foreign exchange market Monday.Rserves, comprising gold, dollars, convertible currencies and special drawing rights "paper gold" stood at a record $19.8...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 26, 1977
Nixon Sketches a Cheerless, Pitying, Personal Self-Portrait |
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Richard Nixon tells us he was terribly tired, drained emotionally, mentally, physically, when he stepped aboard that helicopter to leave the White House the last time in disgrace. He remembers hearing his wife murmur, "It's so sad, it's so sad."What may be the saddest commentary of all is that Nixon, even at this late date, still doesn't seem to understand that millions and millions of his fellow citizens were equally exhausted -...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 7, 1977
The United States replaced Japan as the Philippin |
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The United States replaced Japan as the Philippines' principal trading partner in 1976, according to the Philippine National Bank.Total U.S.-Philippine trade was $1.726 billion, up $307.7 million, or 21.7 per cent, from the previous year.The U.S. was the main buyer of Philippine sugar, coconut oil, nickel, copper concentrates and canned pineapple.Total Philippine trade with Japan last year amounted to $1.597 billion, with a surplus of $357.9 million in favor of...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 16, 1977
Ford's Memoir: It Isn't Mission Impossible |
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The assignment, should you decide to accept it, is to make the memoirs of Gerald Ford interesting. Author Trevor Armbrister took that job, and he says the ex-President's story is far from bland. But it's taken some work. He has 140 hours of taped conversation so far, and in a couple of weeks he begins another marathon round of interviewing."It's not going to be LBJ's The Vantage Point ," vows Armbrister, who is on...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - August 20, 1977
Herbert Roback, Federal Aide, Dies |
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Herbert Roback, 62, an official of the Commission on Federal paperwork and former staff director of the House Government Operations Committee, died of cancer Wednesday at George Washington University Hospital.From 1955 to 1974, first as staff director of a key subcommittee and then as director of the full committee staff, he participated in many major government reorganizations.These included the creation of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Transportation, the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 11, 1977
Drought Could Cost Farmer a Year's Income |
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The corn on Calvin Rickey's farm here looks perfect - exactly right for making those pinky-finger-sized corn ears found in mixed Chinese vegetables.From a distance it is green and topped with gold tassels. Up close the stalks range in height from the knee to the waist, dwarfed to half size by the lact of rain in Fauquier County.Richey - dubbed Boots by his father for the outsized footware he clomped around in as a child - has been on this 450-acre farm all his life and...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 5, 1977
West Germany's balance of payments surplus for th |
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West Germany's balance of payments surplus for the first quarter of this year was only 6 per cent of the surplus for the same period of 1976, although the trade surplus was even greater than last year, the Federal Bank reported yesterday.The bank said the balance of payments surplus for January through March was $253.26 million compared with a surplus of $4.16 billio for the same period of 1976.The surplus was reduced by a $1.2 billion deficit in capital transfers during...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 13, 1977
Arabs Curb Palestinians In Lebanon |
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The Arab powers today imposed strict new curbs on Palestinian political and military activities in Lebanon as part of their campaign to bring a tamed Palestinian force to the Middle East peace talks.The new rules take away the last bastion where the Palestinians have military and political freedom of action. Since they were thrown out of Jordan six years ago, Beirut has became the heart of the Palestinian movement - the headquarters of all major Palestinian leaders and their groups.... |
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