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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Assad's admirers call him "the Tito of the Arab world"?a military man who has become an astute politician on a precarious world stage. In seven years, Syria's per capita income has jumped 203% to the present $760, more than twice that of Egypt. The Soviet Union's stranglehold on Syrian imports and exports of the early 1970s has been broken, and today the U.S., Europe and Japan do more business in Syria than does Moscow. Assad is also trying to broaden his country's foreign political alignments. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, which...
...first, the distress call seemed routine. The Soviet oceanographic vessel Zarya asked permission to enter Norwegian waters, claiming engine problems. Later the captain added the information that the ship's hull was leaking. But when a Norwegian naval officer and an engine expert clambered on board, they found no signs of water or of mechanical trouble. Instead, they glimpsed an enormous amount of sophisticated electronic gear. Local authorities ordered the boat out of Norwegian territory. Once in international waters, the Zarya turned on a miraculous burst of speed...
...that Americans are also emulating the wise and worldly Europeans, buying fewer goods, but goods that have more class and durability. Jay Plotkin, vice president of Craig's ready-to-wear chain in Houston, argues: "People are looking for more permanence in their selections, not just faddish clothes. Retailers call this 'investment dressing...
Sick pay is one of those necessary and sensible corporate institutions that are often abused. If an employee is hung over or simply does not feel like working because it is a lovely day, he can call in with a feigned case of the blahs. That escape hatch from the workaday world is being mildly threatened by a newfangled idea aimed at throwing dedicated malingerers into a dilemma: well...
...other, and shout out: "Your Papa says he knows that I don't have any money/ This is his last chance/ Tell him, Rosie, I ain't no freak/ 'Cause I got my picture/ On the cover of TIME and Newsweek." The audience roars, and the Boss, as friends call him, moves along to more pressing matters...