OPEC divisions and price pressure at Vienna meeting
The Vienna OPEC gathering reveals deep rifts among its 13 members including Algeria Ecuador and Iran while Saudi Arabia seeks restraint as prices surge. The piece urges U S unity to leverage producer disunity and warns of further rises if inflation persists with oil at risk of fivefold since 1971.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
OPEC
Algeria
Ecuador
Iran
Saudi Arabia
United States of America
Postal Service to launch nationwide complaint service
The Postal Service plans a new nationwide system allowing disgruntled patrons to document delayed or missing mail. Local postmasters are instructed they may respond by telephone, signaling confidence in prompt, direct outreach rather than written replies.
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U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Mark My Words It Makes You Crazy
Las Vegas pulses with bells and slot machines as the city awakens money’s rush. The author paints the 24 hour casino scene with adrenaline, fevered faces, and a wild, dreamlike mood of winners and losers.
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Jim Fiebig
Las Vegas
Las Vegas satire and subscriptions note from Middletown Journal
The passage mixes newspaper subscription pricing for Middletown Ohio and a humorous Las Vegas reflection. It contrasts local paper details with a zany Las Vegas hinterland monologue about sin and greed, ending with a vow to return to the city.
Busing as a political bomb in the education debate
Jeffrey Hart argues that busing is only one facet of a nationwide education clash. He cites rising federal spending, curriculum shifts, teacher attitudes, and the influence of unions like the NEA as fueling parental anger and a looming political crisis.
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West Virginia
Albert Shanker
New York City
Shanker
Richard Nixon
New York State
Washington
National Education Association
NEA
House
Senate
Gerald Ford
Will on Moynihan and Uganda at the United Nations
George F. Will argues the United Nations reflects global politics as it stands. He notes Idi Amin’s call for Israel's extinction and Moynihan’s labeling of Amin as a racist murderer sparked U.N. indignation and debates on American prestige and moral authority.
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Washington
United Nations
U.S
Daniel P. Moynihan
Idi Amin
Uganda
General Assembly
Israel
U.N
Amin
Moynihan
San Francisco
New York Times
Mr. Amin
International Commission of Jurists
African Unity
OAU
Mr. Moynihan
Charles de Gaulle
Palm reader jokes and 2000 predictions in a party chat
Phyllis Battelle recalls a palm reader at a costume party who predicted she would live to 73 or 79. The piece riffs on belief in palmistry and riffs on Asimov’s underground city predictions for the year 2000, noting skepticism and humor about fate and future forecasts.
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New York
Asimov
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U.S. Supreme Court
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General Amin and Company
Phyllis Battelle
Z-H-A
Isaac Asimov
America
Asimove
Dennis the Menace
Oni
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