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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 1, 1977
GAO Criticizes Smithsonian's Mixing of Funds |
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The Smithsonian Institution has created two private corporations to convert millions of dollars of U.S. funds into "private money," which it then spends without regard to federal restrictions, according to a General Accounting Office audit report released yesterday.The GAO report recommends that the two corporations be disbanded and that the money and programs they administer be integrated into the Smithsonian's overall structure.The audit of the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 28, 1977
Louisiana Girding To Spare Project From the 'Hit List' |
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President Carter's "hit list" of Corps of Engineers water projects he wants cut from the federal budget is coming face to face with political realities.Just a few hundred yards from the Red River, which snakes through this north Louisiana city, the state's congressional delegation, led by Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.), fired the first volley Saturday in what promises to be an all-out drive to save the $954 million Red River Waterway.Long,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 25, 1977
Initial Collision Almost Certain in Arms Talks |
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President Carter said yesterday that Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance will leave for Moscow today "with high hopes" for progress in negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union and with a new American proposal for "substantial reductions" in the number of nuclear weapons.Prefacing his remarks with a reiteration of his faith in the value of discussing such matters openly, the President set forth in broad terms the major policy...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 24, 1977
O'Malley Lobbies for Convention Center |
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State Sen. Victor L. Crawford (D-Montgomery) thought it was an obvious joke when he walked up to Peter F. O'Malley with a proposition."Instead of the convention center, we'll put a prison in Largo, how's that for a compromise," said Crawford to an amazed O'Malley. "It's a joke," Crawford quickly added. "A joke."The day had been long for...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 16, 1977
Ugandans, Their Economy Broken, Barter Smuggled Coffee |
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A small boy darted from the bush that forms the border with Uganda here, ran to a stall set up along the road and pulled a plastic bag filled with unroasted coffee beans from his pocket.In exchange for the pound of coffee the boy had just smuggled into this country, the shopkeeper handed over a loaf of bread. The boy wolfed down the bread on the spot. Then, without saying a word, he ran back into Uganda where ordinary foods such as bread are scarce.A few miles south, in Sio Port on...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 14, 1977
Some Day, Let's Fix That Roof |
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There is need for a comprehensive review of laws that deal with the use of weapons, whether for personal gain or other purposes.We seldom come to grips with the philosophical questions that underlie the illegal use of weapons. Instead, we deal with each crime as if it were a unique aberration.When Safeway stores were being held up by the dozen, the company, the police, and the union that represents store employees worked out better security arrangements. Their approach was practical,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 14, 1977
Carter: Unorthodox Public Diplomacy |
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President Carter's proposals for a peace agreement in the Middle East include such arrangements as Israeli leasing of Arab land and Arab-Israeli peacekeeping patrols under international auspices, according to officials familiar with his thinking.Carter's ideas are described as an attempt to create a framework rather than a detailed blueprint for a Mideast settlement. Arising from a government "option paper," they were discussed with Israeli...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 11, 1977
Khaalis' Daughter: 'He's Going to Get Murderers . . . You Would Call It . . . Retribution |
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Khaalis: Hamaas has been telling city officials . . . that he's going to fight and that he's going to get the murderers (of the seven Hanafi Muslim persons four years ago) and all those involved and all the conspirators and all the helpers. He told the judge . . . every official who has come to the house, he's told them. He's told the newspapers. He's told everyone. So, we knew it. And everyone that knows him knew it.Whitaker:...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 8, 1977
Trendy Shopping Center Opens |
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White Flint, a $50 million shopping center on Rockville Pike, opened its doors yesterday to thousands of area consumers - who headed immediately for a 260,000-square-foot Bloomingdale's, the New York department store's largest retail facility outside Manhattan.Only a handful of other stores were ready to open with Bloomies yesterday, which disappointed some of the shoppers. And the aisles at Lord & Taylor, a New York specialty store that gained an edge...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 6, 1977
White Flint Takes a Gamble On Banner Art |
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HOW TIRESOME plastic has become - the safe and shiny sameness that is the look of commerce. The developers of White Flint, the North Bethesda shopping mall which opens Monday, may have found an antidote. It took less cash than courage. They took a chance on art.White Flint cost $50 million, and one-twentieth of 1 percent of that huge investment was given to a painter, Washington's Gay Glading. "We wanted something special," says developer Ted Lerner of...
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