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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 17, 1977
Rescuing the Pound |
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IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, it's generally the disasters that attract attention. But one current success, the rescue of the British pound, deserves both attention and applause. It is a historic moment, for the British have agreed to end the role of the pound as a reserve currency. But there is much more to it than that. What has occurred in Britain could provide some very useful precedents for helping other countries in financial trouble.Whe the pound started its long and...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 14, 1977
Panel Urges Restricting Chanceries |
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Foreign chanceries and missions should be encouraged to locate along four of the city's great avenues - Massachusetts, Connecticut, parts of Wisconsin and 16th Street - and should be kept out of more residential sections of Washington.This is the central recommendation of a draft proposal scheduled for release today by the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal government's planning agency for the metropolitan area.In line with the recommendation,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 13, 1977
U.S. Team Inspects Beirut With Eye to Rebuilding Aid |
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A team of U.S. experts is touring the war-battered remains of Beirut's port and its central business district, once the commercial heart of the Middle East, to see what the United States can so to aid in reconstruction.The Americans yesterday went through the front line that divided Beirut during much of the 19-month conflict, which ended in November when an Arab peace force composed largely of Syrian troops entered the city.It was the first time American government...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 10, 1977
In The Midst Of Temptation |
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"You hear so much talk of investment value these days. I've never thought of my antiques as an investment. I can't sell. And here I am still buying."Mrs. Richard Dunn was in the midst of temptation as she chatted before one of the 44 dealers' booths at the 22nd annual Washington Antiques Show preview opening for sponsors.In the browsing crowd of more than 500 were the real collectors of antiques, those with the taste,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 2, 1977
JAPAN'S RESERVES UP |
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Japan's reserves of gold convertible currencies and special drawing rights rose by $2.573 billion in November to a record $22.149 billion, the Ministry of Finance said.Foreign reserves rose $1.709 billion in October.Bankers said the expected increase in reserves was almost entirely due to determined dollar-buying intervention by the Bank of Japan during the month to support the U.S. currency about the 240-yen level....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - April 25, 1977
Bomb Blasts Israeli Bus |
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A bomb believed planted by Arab terrorists ripped through the rear of a bus and inpured 28 passengers, police said.The Israeli state radio said no one was injured seriously. About half of those hurt were treated at nearby hospitals and released.The bus had passed through Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the Jordan River and was on its way to the southern Israeli town of Beersheba when the bomb exploded, ripping out seats and smashing windows....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - January 6, 1977
Reserves Dip For Britain |
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Britain's monetary reserves tumbled to an uncomfortably low $4.129 billion in December after money was paid back to foreign creditors, the Treasury announced. The fall was chiefly due to the repayment of 1.545 billion dollars borrowed from foreign central banks in the last six months of 1976 when the pound went into a dramatic nosedive.But the loss of reserves was softened by the knowledge that new funds were on the way. On Monday the International Monetary Fund approved the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 8, 1977
Dole Assails Palestinians |
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In a speech in Jerusalem, U.S. Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kans.) blasted President Carter's call for a Palestinian homeland and attacked Palestinian leaders as "bandits." Dole told the 80th convention of the Zionist Organization of America that he supports Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin's contention that the West Bank of the Jordan is "liberated territory," not "occupied territory" that Israel should...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - December 29, 1977
Ship Firm Bankrupt |
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Sagami Shipbuilding Industries, a ship engine wholesaler based in Tokyo, went bankrupt yesterday with $83 million in accumulated liabitities, a private credit research agency in Tokyo reported. The agency said the insolvency is the fourth largest in amount this year.The company, rated as the third biggest among the country's ship engine wholesalers with annual sales of about $28 million, had been suffering from financial difficulties amid the global shipbuilding industry...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - September 10, 1977
Bank Explosion |
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A bomb explosion heard more than a mile away shattered a side door limousine entrance to San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House early yesterday on the eve of the opera season opening night.No one was hurt.Shortly after the explosion, a communique left in a phone booth near the building said the Tom Hicks Unit of the New World Liberation Front claimed respobsibility for the bombing. Tom Hicks was an elederly man who froze to death after his power was cut off by a utility... |
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