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...France's new policies will have an impact on European economic thinking. This might be another example of what Tumlir saw as the political habit, exhibited in everything from trade policy to exchange rates, of using "a substitution of incantation for analysis." Brittan, though, perceived a benefit for Brit ish Conservatives. Said he: "What happens in France will make a great deal of difference in the development of British politics during the next few years. I think we must record a vote of thanks to the French for giving us three years of experimenting before the next British general...
...upon his mother's death or abdication (she is 54 and in good health), although he will then have the right to see official papers. Diana will, of course, share in the privileges as well as the pains of the monarchy, an institution that only 10% of polled Brit ons wish to see abolished. Among the royal benefits: Highgrove, the 347-acre Gloucestershire country estate Charles purchased for about $2 million last August, his estimated $400,000 annual in come, and such quaint perquisites as first claim to any whale that washes up on the Cornish beaches...
...final decision to compete, which he announced in March, set the stage for an epic confrontation in the 800 and 1,500 with another nonboycotting Brit, Steve Ovett, 24, who on July 1 shaved .2 second from Coe's mile record of 3 min. 49 sec. Hungry for an international sports success, most Britons seemed to support Coe's decision. Still, young "Seb" came under pressure from boycott backers to stay at home. He handled it with analytical detachment, as befits a scholar-athlete with a double bachelor of arts degree (he studied economics, social history and political...
...Delta 57% Braniff 69% Air Canada 58% Aer Lingus 66% TWA 56% Laker 65% British Cal. 54% N.W. Orient 62% National 52% Pan American 59% Air India 37% Iran Air 58% Brit. Airways...
...booters rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit after Amherst's purple-shirted sqad registered a sloppy goal early in the game before the Crimson got untracked. Aaron Brit crossed the ball to Robert Philbrick, who directed it into...