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...First Lady will leave from Brunswick, Ga., aboard an Air Force Boeing 707 appropriately dubbed "Executive First Family," which translates into the radio call sign "Executive One Foxtrot." Her first stop: Kingston, Jamaica, where U.S. diplomats hope she can somehow allay Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley's suspicions of a CIA plot to "destabilize" his regime...
Still, the turn-around did allay fears that Carter could not compromise. He showed that he was not too proud to yield when his case was weakening and when obstinacy might jeopardize something more important...
...first issue is 12 pages long, featuring an "exclusive" with Farah Fawcett Majors, but if popular reaction is favorable it will be expanded to 16 with a centerfold, MacIntyre said yesterday. He said the centerfold would feature both a man and a woman to allay charges of discrimination...
...third term, White is trying to politicize the city's government in order to build a machine. During the height of the busing troubles, the mayor avoided aggravating tensions--unlike many city politicians--but he also took as few chances as possible in trying to allay the city's fears. White would seem to be an excellent target for Frank's brutally candid quips, but the representative has remained sympathetic to his former benefactor. Frank voted against White's charter reform package, an issue crucial to the mayor (and if you believed White, to the city too), but they still...
Tourism slumped for a variety of reasons. Cheap charter flights have drawn Americans to other exotic places. Tourists heard rumors of coups (that never took place) and decided to stay away. A few heavily publicized murders of American tourists sharpened the business decline. To allay fears, the government has reinforced safety, particularly on Highway 15, which runs south from Nogales, with troops and "green angels"-trouble cars that patrol the roads to help travelers...