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ETHIOPIA. The long lines of gaunt, potbellied children with matchstick limbs are dispiritingly familiar. During the 1973 drought, 200,000 Ethiopians died; this year's disaster is even more pervasive. Gondar province, once known as Ethiopia's grain basket, has become a shriveled wasteland. Where rain has fallen, there are no seeds to plant; where it has not, there is no wood for building, and nothing but straw and dung for fuel. In addition, the remoteness of the area makes communication difficult and the provision of supplies almost impossible. In some camps refugees must either wait 36 hours...
...Portland, Me., to West Palm Beach, Fla. Its quick success has come from cutting frills and slashing standard fares, often by more than half. Like its domestic flights, People's trips to London will offer few free amenities. Passengers will have to pay $6 extra for a food basket that might contain a tuna sandwich, an apple, potato salad and a brownie. Those wanting to check baggage will be charged $3 for each piece...
...found one hard-luck victim who had been successively laid off by the Studebaker Corp. in 1962 when it was about to fold, a truck manufacturer that went under in the 1970s, and more recently during cutbacks at a Chrysler plant. By all accounts, "he should have been a basket case," says Ferman, "yet he was one of the best-adjusted fellows I've run into." Asked his secret, the man replied, "I've got a loving wife and go to church every Sunday...
Lefty Driesell, coach of the men's basket ball team at the University of Maryland is under fire for making three phone calls to a woman who filed a complaint against one of his players...
...days that followed, people would fault but not blame Olajuwon for permitting Lorenzo Charles the inside position on the rebound. But there was no rebound. Whittenburg's 30-ft. buzzer shot missed completely. Standing under the backboard, Charles caught it and, scoring State's only second-half basket not shot from outside, stuffed it. Against Phi Slamma Jamma. That was the poetry...