Sorting Out Africa Reflects Confused U.S. Policy
The piece argues U.S Africa policy swings between arms to anti Neto forces and diplomatic outreach, accusing Washington insiders of chasing headlines rather than a consistent stance. It warns of regional dangers from Rhodesia to Ethiopia and Cuba, urging coherent strategy.
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Africa
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Cyrus Vance
Carter
Soviet Union
Horn of Africa
United States
Washington Post
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Capitol Hill
Iowa
Dick Clark
Angola
Sen. Clark
U.S
Brzezinski
Vance
Neto
Washington
Zaire
National Security Council
State Department
The
Post
Middle East
Callaghan
Carter Plans Backdoor Welfare Push Amid Taxpayer Discontent
President Carter shifts from a full welfare reform to a fallback strategy aiming to set a national minimum AFDC payment. Analysts warn the plan could cost ten to eighteen billion dollars more in the first year and push toward universal eligibility and federal control. Carleson cites fifty million potential beneficiaries under the new scheme.
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Frank van der Linden
Washington
Carter
Congress
New York
Illinois
Mississippi
Chicago
South Carolina
Robert B. Carleson
Ronald Reagan
California
Carleson
U.S. Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Oregon
Carter's Silence on Israel Signals Policy Reevaluation
Washington debates show the Carter administration withholding comment on Israel's peace proposals while weighing a broader shift in priorities. Begin seeks a five year transition to limited autonomy with a final peace treaty, prompting cautious, quiet U.S. response amid Cold War and domestic political concerns.
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Begin
Carter
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Washington
Samaria
Judea
Moishe Dayan
Angola
Ethiopia
Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
U.S
Egypt
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Middle East
Castro
Cuba
Zaire
NATO
Europe
Japan
China
India
ASEAN
Southeast Asia
Africa
My Contributions to the Athletic World
A reflective piece on avoiding jogging and athletics from youth to adulthood. The narrator dismisses fitness obsession, recalls high school track torture, military sports trials, and personal vows to stop running. He notes friends who jog endure their own mortality through discipline and contrasts past rush with current indolence.
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N.Y
Ohio State
Marine Corps
China
Nadia Comaneci
Two Updates and a Fresh Subject in Ed Brooke Case
Sen Ed Brooke R Mass faces a divorce dispute and alleged financial misstatements that could hurt his 1980 campaign. His opponent the district attorney investigates possible perjury as Brooke contemplates stepping aside or fighting on.
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William Safire
N.Y
Washington
Brooke
R-Mass
King Lear
Boston
Senate
Ed Brooke
Massachusetts
Elliot Richardson
Henry
Ford Motor Co
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