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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 22, 1977
Egyptian Officials See Peace Pact Almost in Grasp |
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Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman flew home today leaving Egyptian officials convinced that a Middle East peace agreement is now within reach.In substance and in atmospherics, the rapidly unfolding events appear to be moving quickly toward a dramatic announcement when Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat meet on Sunday.Authoritative Egyptian sources said Weizman's two meetings with Sadat and his extensive talks with the minister of...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 11, 1977
The Man Behind the Money Behind the Art |
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LIVINGSTON BIDDLE, who is the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, wraps rubber bands around the stems of his eyeglasses. It helps keep them on. His neckle is wrinkled, his brown, narrow-lapelled suit is dandruff-sprinkled, his shirt is white-on-white, with the collar points heading for flight. Gray regimental moustache. Sideburns which meander down his jawbone. No crisp Mr. I'm-Awake-So-You-Can-Sleep. Not your average high-ranking appointive politician....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 19, 1977
Those who were in Utica, N.Y., Wednesday for the |
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Those who were in Utica, N.Y., Wednesday for the unveiling of the 13-cent Herkimer at Oriskany commemorative stamp were offered a special bonus. Postal Service set up a temporary postal station in the Utica Library and provided a pictorial cancellation featuring a flag and muskets. The wording "General Herkimer Commemorative Stamp" appeared in the killer bars.Obviously, the Herkimer stamps were not on sale Wednesday, nor will they be available in the Utica post...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 12, 1977
Syria: Reluctant Occupier |
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More than a year after it entered the Lebanese civil war, Syria finds itself with almost 30,000 of its crack troops stuck there enforcing a shaky peace. Government officials and diplomats here say Syria wants to get them out as soon as possible.Before the troops pull out, Syria wants to make sure it is leaving behind a Lebanese government that is strong, stable and - above all - friendly to Syria.While some officials here may harbor the dream of rebuilding the Greater Syria of the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 8, 1977
Surviving on Miles River Not Easy for Ice Racer |
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For John Mautz it was a lark. Don Abram's only goal was survival.They were among 50 ice racers from across the United States, Canada and Europe who rode for the North American ice boat championship on the rock-hard Miles River today.It was the second straight day of perfect wind and azure skies. The breezes held steady at 15 to 20 knots out of the frigid Northwest.The Michiganders and Wisconsinites said it felt like spring, but they had already lost all reason from...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 11, 1977
Afrikaners Split Over Apartheid |
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The political leaders of South Africa's tough, Puritan-like white tribe are lowering some of the most irritating racial barriers blacks face here, but they will stand firm on the basic structures of this country's deeply entrenched system of segregation.That decision, reaffirmed in a series of policy statements gives in interviews by senior ministers in the white government, is provoking rising white dissent and black rage here.For the first time, a significant...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 22, 1977
Should the City Pay for Abortions for Low Income Women? |
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Staff writer Joann Stevens and staff photographer Vanessa Barnes went to the Capitol Hill area to ask District residents their views on whether the city should pay for abortions for low income women.Quentin Banks, 55, attorney, 16th and Underwood NW: "Yes, because there's a very definite, continuing need. I don't see any other substitutes and this seems a proper way to take care of it."Jean Greene, 40, judge, Southwest resident:...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 20, 1977
Massive U.S. Aid Flowing to Egypt |
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From a standing start in 1974, U.S. economic assistance for Egypt has grown to the biggest aid program in the world.More American economic assistance is being channeled to Egypt than to the rest of of Africa and Latin America combined.John J. Gilligan, administrator of the Agency for International Development, toured the country today for a first-hand look at the impact of an aid flow now-running at more than $900 million a year. He said the United States is commited to sustaining this...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 7, 1977
What Erving Can't Do Can't Be Done |
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Julius Erving was not born to play basketball. The game was invented for him. Or so it sometimes seems.The Portland Trail Blazers proved by winning the National Basketball Association championship that a good team - playing as a team - with a dominant center will beat a squad of individuals.That doesn't tarnish the Doctor's accomplishments, however. He proved in the championship series that, even while losing, he may be the best basketball player in the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 26, 1977
SBA Honoring Owner of Specialty Stores Here |
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When Neiman-Marcus of Dallas opens next fall in Northwest Washington, a neighbor in the new Mazza Gallerie at Western and Wisconsin Avenues NW will be a small store called A Touch of Silver.The specialty outlet will feature design jewelry imported from all over the world and will be the third unit in a rapidly-growing retail business started here in 1969 by Henry J. and Marta Oyhenart.Oyhenart, who started with an investment of nearly $500 and a small store called Hole in the Wall on... |
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