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Rosenkrantz refused to confirm her appointment yesterday but reliable sources said the decision was definite...
...minutes later, Nixon met at the White House with dairy cooperative executives and told them that he was "very grateful" for their support. The following day, the President instructed the Agriculture Department to raise support levels. But before the decision was announced, Kalmbach met with milk-cooperative executives to confirm the link between the pledge of $2 million and the price hike...
...rejected India's explanation, noting that no distinction could be drawn between tests for peaceful purposes and those for arms development. Many diplomats feared that the test would help spur other nations with technical know-how into accelerating their efforts to join the nuclear club. As if to confirm that fear, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan warned that if India builds the bomb, "we will eat leaves and grass, even go hungry, but we will have to get one of our own. We have no alternative." At least eight other nations have the capability of producing nuclear...
...climbed Avital, one of three hills west of Quneitra, and looked across the flat plain that is Syria. It was easy to feel in the pit of your stomach why the hills mean so much to the Israelis. They command the entire plain. Suddenly, as if to confirm our musings, there were bursts of dirty smoke followed by bangs. The Syrian guns were at work, and the Israelis fired back. "It is an artillery war," explained an Israeli colonel...
Another person has turned down the Winthrop House mastership, sources said this week, bringing the number of people who have refused the job to four. While declining to confirm the report, President Bok said yesterday he is making "very good progress" on finding new masters for Winthrop and Currier House...