Carter's World Tour Offers Soft Power Promise
The president's six nation, two continent trip aims to project good will and personal contact rather than a clear policy message. His modest image may win friends in India and Saudi Arabia while provoking mixed signals in Poland and Belgium, with personal gains likely despite limited early international accomplishments.
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Jimmy Carter
Carter
White House
India
Saudi Arabia
Poland
Belgium
Make It Pay Uses Liter Sized Drink For Profit
A major soft drink maker replaces its one quart bottle with a one liter container at the same price. Consumers get more quantity, and a local philosopher notes that profit may drive metric adoption. The piece argues national metric acceptance hinges on financial benefit to buyers.
Economic forecasts split as US skies differ from Europe
European economists predict a 1978 second half recession and a return to protectionism. The OECD cautions a slowdown while Euromoney warns of a volatile dollar and renewed downturn. In contrast, Time and Business Week foresees modest US growth into 1978 and a resilient labor market amid inflation. A Gallup Chamber poll shows half of US businessmen expect a recession within two years.
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London
Atlantic
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Paris
United States
OECD
Research Bureau
Euromoney Magazine
Japan
West Germany
Time Magazine
Board of Economists
Gallup Economic Service
United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Western Europe
A CONSERVATIVE VIEW Ten Percent For One's Skin Color
The piece argues against the 10 percent minority contracting quota in the Public Works Employment Act of 1977, contending it enshrines racial discrimination. It cites a Pennsylvania case heading to the Third Circuit, cites Kaiser Aluminum, and notes other districts deem the quota unconstitutional. It condemns the policy as a shift from equality to a race based mandate.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Allan Bakke
Fifth Circuit
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation
Kaiser
Pennsylvania
Third Circuit
Commerce Department
Vermont
California
New York
Willy-Nilly
Korean Cookbook Links to Dragon Lady in Washington Scandal
Washington reports a satire on the Korean payoff scandal tied to Suzi Thomson, a former Capitol Hill social figure, amid ethics probe led by Leon Jaworski. The piece cites a 2 page book summary, a proposed cookbook with dishes like Kim Chee and The Congressman, and notes scrutiny of her ties to Tongsun Park. It also covers KRUER money trail and minor contributions from oil families to his Texas race.
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Washington
Frank Costello
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
J.P. Morgan
Leon Jaworski
Watergate
House Ethics Committee
Peter White
Suzi Park Thomson
Carl Albert
Capitol Hill
Jaworski
White
Suzi
Bertha Klausner
New York City
Ms. Klausner
Philip Hirschkop
Kim Chee
Albert
Ms. Thomson
Man Tongsun Park
Krueger
Bob Krueger
D-Tex
John Tower
R-Tex
What They Didn't Say In ’77
A collage of imagined quotes from 1977 public figures shows what might have been said on topics from the Panama Canal to private life. The snippets touch Sadat Begin Nixon Carter Walters Flynt and others, highlighting missed chances and reflections on power and privacy.
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Washington
Sadat
Begin
Jerusalem
Ronald Reagan
Panama Canal
Billy Carter
Nashville
United States
Jackie Onassis
Onassis
Viking Press
Consolidated Edison
New York
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Business Week
James J. Kilpatrick
Sor Gaarerr
Dragon Lady
Ethics Committee
Thomson
Tongsun Park
Gary Mauro
Federal Election Commission
Joseph Watford
George Watford
Dallas
Prairie Producing
Watford
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Ham Jordan
Barbara Walters
Buchwald
Dinitz
Ghorbal
Bert Lance
HEW
Joseph Califano
David Frost
Richard Nixon
Twentieth Century-Fox
Steve Cauthen
Billy Martin
Reggie Jackson
Margaret Trudeau
Pierre
Rolling Stones
Anita Bryant
Florida
Larry Flynt
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Sen
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