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...Geneva Conference has proved to be a boon to Israel's war-battered Labor Party coalition, diverting the voters' attention from the trauma of the October fighting to the hope of a genuine peace settlement between Israelis and Arabs. Golda Meir's ruling party has been locked in the fight of its life against the new opposition coalition called Likud (Union) which, like the Gahal coalition before it, is headed by Extreme Nationalist Menachem Begin...
Thus the rule that permitted tax deductions proved a boon for historians. But a law passed in 1969 made the historians' pickings slimmer. Congress, seeking to bar Lyndon Johnson from reaping continued tax benefits from the private papers of his political offices, abolished tax deductions for donations of papers...
...unavailability of airplane flights will drastically reduce visits to friends and relatives. Not having to support freeloading cousin Joes during the holidays may save families enough money to take that Easter vacation they have always wanted. If used correctly, the energy shortage may prove to be a boon in disguise...
...program has become an immediate boon to the community. Students work each afternoon on jobs that Lodwick helped them land, and Lodwick marches them to the local bank once a week to deposit 10% of what they earn. One boy runs the projector at the local drive-in, another who loves horses helps at the town tack shop. One has worked out so well on a nearby cattle ranch that the owner wants to pay the youngster's tuition at agricultural college...
...Peacock, the bearded owner of one of the town's two sardine canneries, says he believes a 200-mile limit bill would be a great boon, but acknowledges that "Russian encroachment" off the U.S. coast is not the only problem. "The waters are just getting fished out," he says, leaning on a desk in the front office. "There used to be more than 50 fish canneries on the coast, and now there are less than...