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...encyclopedic. He's written detailed position papers on road construction and redistricting and knows which politicians represent each district in and around Boston. "I'm probably the only one in the room, and maybe the city, who knows the names of all the State Senators," DiCara mused while eating chile Monday in Quincy House Dining Hall...
...Thant is from Burma, many African and Latin delegates believe that it is their turn. But neither Moscow nor Washington wholly trusts the Black Africans (too unpredictable on any issue but race and colonialization), and the Russians feel that everything south of the Rio Grande except Cuba and Chile is a Yankee playground. Finally, since Communist China is likely to become a U.N. member in the next few years, some countries want a new Secretary-General to come from a nation that recognizes Peking...
...long Chile's popularity will last is uncertain. Santiago would doubtless rate more stars than Havana in any Bakuninist Baedeker. The four Quebec terrorists who were flown to the Cuban capital last month in exchange for the release of British Trade Commissioner James Cross were grousing about their future in Castro's hardscrabble country even before they arrived. Still, Chile is not even trying to match the amenities available in Algeria, where President Houari Boumedienne provides visiting revolutionaries with housing, $500 a month in expenses, air-travel vouchers and even artillery practice. After the initial abrazos, Chilean officials...
...first two years as President, Richard Nixon's overriding interest was foreign policy. By one knowledgeable estimate, he spent four out of every five working hours on international affairs. Says an adviser who recently left the White House: "He knows more about Chile than Chicago." Now the President intends to remedy that, and with good political reason. While he has successfully neutralized Viet Nam as an issue, domestic difficulties-notably the state of the economy-damaged the Republican showing in the 1970 elections. Nixon's own chances for re-election are at hazard...
...meanwhile, another diplomatic kidnaping case appeared to be on the verge of settlement. After a month of negotiating with Brazilian guerrillas, the government appears to be ready to pay the requested ransom for the release of Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher. The price: 70 prisoners, safely delivered to either Chile, Cuba or Algeria...