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...common basis for the talks, as Richard emphasized, is that all sides now accept that Rhodesia is to become an independent country under majority rule within two years. But while the black delegations contend that all details for the transfer of power are up for negotiation, Smith insists that he came to Geneva solely to fill in the details of the so-called Kissinger plan, announced last September. According to Smith, Kissinger's scheme would set up a two-tier interim government in which whites would share power with blacks but would remain dominant during the changeover (TIME cover...
Since then, the department has disclosed the reports of over 60 companies. Fearful of the impact on Jewish customers and other supporters of Israel, many businessmen whose firms were named have cried foul; they contend they did no more than fill out routine questionnaires from Arab buyers. Generally, these questionnaires ask a company to certify that goods being exported to Arab countries were not made in Israel or shipped on blacklisted vessels. The Commerce Department itself noted that most of the firms involved "have in no way altered their business practices to gain Arab trade." Indeed, a company could truthfully...
Businessmen are afraid that hardliners in the new Congress may press for even stiffer laws against the boycott and blacklist. That, businessmen contend, would only drive Arab business to other countries, and make it increasingly difficult for the U.S. to pay for the growing amount of oil the nation imports from the Middle East. Administration officials also are concerned that a tough stand will cost the U.S. its diplomatic leverage with the Arab states. Such fears are in no way allayed by a California antiboycott law that goes into effect Jan. 1. Under it, all California corporations that cooperate...
...runs the standard feminist gibe at "sexism" in the churches. More churchmen, as well as churchwomen, are beginning to agree that there is something to gibe about. Despite the array of strong women in the Old Testament and Jesus' easy assumption of sexual equality in the New, they contend that paternalistic traditions and the very language of faith need to be revised...
...addition to confronting Buckley out on the hustings, Moynihan has also had to contend with harassment from the Conservative party and Buckley's campaign forces. First, the Conservative Party asked the New York State Supreme Court to deny Moynihan the Liberal line on the ballot, contending that he had improperly and fraudulently obtained the nomination. Although the Court at first decided in the Conservatives' favor, the Moynihan forces appealed...