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Jean-Claude had no stomach for an all-out campaign of repressive violence to bring the country under control. U.S. officials say he intended to leave Haiti early on the morning of Jan. 31 and even got as far as the airport. The report sparked rumors that he had fled the country and led White House Spokesman Larry Speakes to announce, erroneously, that the Duvaliers had departed. Differing accounts suggest that the President either changed his mind and returned to the palace, or was intercepted by the army...
...Washington hands can tell you that Sputnik changed the capital for good that night. There were suggestions that the U.S. declare a national emergency and conduct an all-out effort to catch up. "Know thine enemy" became the slogan of the day, and schools began offering courses in Russian. The race to conquer the heavens predated even the cold war; when Soviet and American troops entered Germany, they scanned their lists of prisoners for rocket scientists they could trundle home. But Sputnik launched the race right into the heart of the superpower rivalry, where it has remained ever since...
Indeed, as mild, springlike weather temporarily warmed much of the U.S. and Europe, an all-out price war seemed to be getting under way. To boost their shares of the energy market, hard-pressed members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and rival suppliers Britain, Norway and Mexico have been flooding the world with an ocean of oil. The battle reflects the aggressive new tactics of Saudi Arabia, the largest OPEC producer, which has doubled its output in recent months. "The Saudis shocked the market," said one U.S. oil expert. "It was like being hit over the head with...
...price war? We don't want a fight. It would be very hectic," said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia's oil minister. But chaos is exactly what the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries produced last week when several members of the group threatened to launch an all-out campaign of slashing prices to boost OPEC's declining share of the world oil market. The pronouncement sent petroleum traders into a temporary selling frenzy. On the futures market in New York City, the January-delivery price of West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark crude, took a record two-day plunge...
...most seniors pursuing honors degrees, sleepless nights and all-out panic haven't struck yet--but deadlines loom largely in the future...