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Washington Post, The (DC) - May 20, 1977
Overseas Bribes in Millions Laid to British Auto Giant |
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Britain's Industry Secretary Eric Varley announced an inquiry today into charges that the state - owned Leyland Motor Corp., makers of Jaguars and other well - known British cars, paid millions of dollars in bribes to win export sales.Varley appeared before Parliament to announce a high-powered probe and promised "no coverup" following a report of major bribery in the Daily Mail, a Conservative paper and foe of the Labor government.The newspaper...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 14, 1977
Robert E. L. Johnson, Woodie's Board Chairman |
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Robert E. L. Johnson, a retired board chairman of Woodward & Lothrop who was active in the civic affairs of the District of Columbia for many years, died of cancer Thursday at Anne Arundel General Hospital, in Annapolis. He was 71.Mr. Johnson, who had lived in Gibson Island, Md., since his retirement in 1964, joined Woodward & Lothrop in 1948 as an assistant vice president, and was instrumental in the store's decision to open its Chevy Chase branch and...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - March 11, 1977
Protests in Spain |
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Riot police fired rubber bullets at demonstrations protesting the shooting by police of two people, said to be members of a Basque nationalist group.Shops, banks and offices shut down after the trouble erupted Wednesday night with a three-hour battle between riot police and about 4,000 demonstrators. ... |
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Washington Post, The (DC) - February 27, 1977
Vintage Hoke Is His Forte |
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"I'm the only man in Colmar Manor who plays three clarinets at one time," said Berk Motley. "All it takes to play three clarinets at one time is big mouth."Motley and his three clarinets played "Anchors Away," and then Motley stood on his head and proceeded to play "Roll Out the Barrel." All you could see from the back of Motley's Sirloin Room on Bladensburg Road, on the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 26, 1977
Syrian Says Trip by Sadat Wrecked Talks |
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Syria said last night that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel last weekend had wrecked any chances of new Middle East peace talks in Geneva.Syrian Information Minister Ahmed Iskander told a press conference in Damascus that Sadat's initiative had created divisions among Arab countries that prevented them from negotiating with Israel as a single delegation. "Consequently there will be no Geneva," Iskander said....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - November 3, 1977
Blumenthal Says Bonn Doing Its Economic Share |
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Despite long-standing Carter administration concerns that economically powerful West Germany was not doing enough to help pull the West out of a lingering recession, Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal said here today he was willing to accept Bonn's judgement that it was doing its share.Blumenthal spoke with newsmen here after a nearly two-hour meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and on a day that saw the U.S. dollar slip to a record postwar low on West...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - October 10, 1977
Israeli Settlements |
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Israeli Radio reported that two new Jewish settlements have been set up secretly on the occupied West Bank.It said 12 families belonging to a movement linked to the opposition Labor party had settled at Kfar-Ruth, a few hundred yards inside occupied Jordan between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Another 25 families are believed to have settled in the same region in recent days, the radio said. ...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 24, 1977
Will Carter Be the New Press Target? |
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Minutes after the President glanced at his watch and cut off the inquisitorial flood of questions at Wednesday's press conference, a politically astute aide commented that the press, having disposed of Bert Lance, had a new target: Jimmy Carter.If so, it is a weekend Jimmy Carter. After violating his impossibly high ethical standards by sticking with Lance was gaining popular support. Besides managing to get the worst of both worlds in the Lance affair, the President has...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 11, 1977
A Calmer China One Year After Mao |
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A year ago the tall Monument to the People's Heroes in central Peking marked a zone of tension and fear.Blood had been spilled there in a mass riot the previous spring. China's aged colossus, Mao Tse-tung, had just died and guards were posted to discourage more eruptions of a growing power struggle.Today that same monument has all the intrigue and tension of an Iowa county fair. Bright-colored umbrellas shade relief and refreshment stations for thousands of...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 11, 1977
The Japanese wholesale price index for May stands |
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The Japanese wholesale price index for May stands at 169.6, up only 0.1 per cent over the previous month, according to the Bank of Japan.The advance was mainly due to a fall in the yen's exchange rate which resulted in a rise in imported prices. ...
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