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...simply that they were confining and constricting and reactionary, and he'd got away as soon as he could. In Australia he'd worked on several film publications--copies of which he had strewn around his room, and in England in books by other authors his name would frequently crop up on the acknowledgements page...
...whatever the computers and the charts and the polls tell them, the candidates have to fall back, in the end, on their own instincts of what works with the voter. Speeches are one thing, but style is more crucial-intuitive and indefinable as it is. Each of the current crop of candidates is marked by a political cadence peculiarly his own. Brief profiles of the most notable contenders...
...corruption" of Obote's regime. In fact, Amin has turned a blind eye to military spending and has allowed the army to run up mammoth bills on guns, trucks and other expensive hardware. Uganda has substantial untapped resources of iron and copper, but agriculture is the principal business. Crop prices (principally for coffee, cotton and tea) have not kept pace with inflationary living costs, and last year Uganda's foreign exchange reserves fell from $44.8 million to $25 million. To help the faltering economy, Amin was forced to borrow ?10 million from Britain and impose strict import...
...negotiated last week included a Common Market agreement to cut tariffs on U.S. oranges and grapefruit, a move that should encourage sale of these goods in Europe. In addition, the European Economic Community agreed to stockpile 1.5 million tons of wheat, thus eliminating part of this year's crop from competition with U.S. wheat on the world market. Looking toward long-range reform, the negotiators agreed to begin talks next year aimed at reducing tariffs and other trade barriers on a wide variety of goods and raw materials. All in all, the terms seemed to provide some important concessions...
...selection, was the mainstay of the strong Crimson defense, and like messing turned in an outstanding performance in Harvard's heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Howard in Miami. He was drafted first by the New York Cosmos, who termed him "the best defenseman and the best collegiate in this crop of seniors...