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...Minamata victims-nor would there be jobs for the company's 1,500 workers and those of its subcontractors. "PPP is fine with me," Ohta says, "but the government should grant that loan." Even if it does, however, Chisso for a long time to come will have to contend with a fourth P: profitlessness...
...will have to be especially wary of the line of center Dan Driscoll and wings Dave Taylor and Marco Cardoni. The trio has accounted for 58 goals this year, with Driscoll the leading scorer for the Golden Knights with 53 points. The three aren't all Harvard has to contend with however, as they have a fine supporting cast, with 16 Clarkson players with point totals in double figures...
...fighting in Eritrea were not crisis enough, the military government in Addis Ababa-whose front man is Brigadier General Teferi Benti-also had to contend with a series of royalist revolts that stemmed from its overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie last September...
...course, there are obstacles with which Muskie must contend. He still suffers from his 1972 image of indecisiveness and wishy-washiness, and extreme economic problems in 1976 would make it difficult to avoid stands on critical issues. As Goodwin frankly admitted. "Muskie's not a man of substance... It's like he sat in the Senate for ten years and the whole world went by him--except for water pollution. And that emptiness in Muskie finally came through [in the 72 campaign...
...personal loyalty to Heath. Her strongest opponent is William Whitelaw, 56, who became party chairman last year after a universally acclaimed performance as Heath's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The jovial, bushy-browed Whitelaw's greatest asset may be his incorrigible amiability. But his critics contend that he lacks both the temperament and the intellect to deal with the heated polemic exchanges that characterize parliamentary debate. Especially in the critical field of economics, Whitelaw would have a hard time standing up to the combined dialectics and expertise of Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Chancellor...