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...press campaign had been carefully choreographed by Tahsin Bashir, 50, a moonfaced, cigar-smoking intellectual who had served as Egypt's spokesman at the United Nations and as Arab League information officer before Sadat last year named him presidential press adviser. Bashir's first step was to abandon the censorship and tone down the anti-Zionist rhetoric that used to dominate Egyptian press policy. "If anybody photographed a camel in our streets," he says of the xenophobic old days, "it was considered treason...
...country club in the world is so deliberately elite, so tastefully plush," bubbled Town & Country magazine in its February 1971 issue. But the initial fee of $8,000 and annual dues of $360 dampened the ardor of many prospective applicants; only 700 signed up. Nonetheless, Post would not abandon his ideal of exclusivity. In 1970, even nonmember Lyndon Johnson was forced to wait at the gate until he was cleared to play golf...
...lack of coordination between blue and white collar confederations raised the possibility of inflationary rivalry between the two and an erosion of Social Democratic power, since the white collar confederation was officially politically neutral. While L.O. was not about to abandon its solidarity wage policy and Sweden could not afford to halt structural change in the face of international competition, it was obvious that these policies could not continue as the mainstays of the Social Democratic/Labor program. The need for a shift in emphasis became even clearer in 1969 with the beginning of a wave of wildcat strikes that...
Ford's tax reduction would give more relief to middle-and high-income individuals than those in lower brackets (see chart). Because he intends to abandon the recently enacted "earned-income credit"-which reduces the tax bill or provides an actual rebate for families earning less than $8,000 a year -Ford would in effect raise taxes for some poor families. His plan would also...
...overcoming death." The Two expect to be assassinated sometime soon, rise from the dead in 3½ days and then leave for home in a UFO. The faithful can come along, provided they have completed an "overcoming process"-a stripping away of all earthly possessions and desires. Converts abandon everything they own, except camping gear and cars, and hit the road. They live a spartan existence, renounce sex entirely-and wait...