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...schedule.' He did not go after the suburban straphangers until it was too late. By contrast, Ford worked the fences and the police barricades as if he were L.B.J. in his prime. He deftly handled questions about everything from the Nixon pardon to the problems of Lock and Dam 26 on the Mississippi River at Alton, Ill., to civil rights for homosexuals ('I have always tried to be an understanding person as far as people are concerned who are different from myself). He played very well in Peoria-by 63%-and just about everywhere else...
...relations. The U.S. was quietly delighted by Moscow's discomfort, especially because Cairo editorials likened the Soviet failure to honor the treaty to an old debacle in Egyptian-U.S. relations: the refusal by John Foster Dulles two decades ago to arm Egypt or finance the Aswan High Dam, which prompted Gamal Abdel Nasser to turn East and open Egypt to Soviet influence...
...suggested that Brigadier General Omar Torrijos might simply have been trying to walk on water. At least Panama's strongman added some excitement to ceremonies marking the partial completion of a dam and hydroelectric plant on the Bayano River last week. Shortly after pushing a button to drop the last of four gates damming the current, Torrijos, 46, suddenly plunged into the river-fully clothed in his national guard uniform, with military boots and a .45 automatic. He was immediately followed by a few loyal military aides, then by Panama's civilian Vice President, Gerardo Gonz...
...supporting you to the best of my financial ability with my sincere hopes and prayers that you win the coming nomination on any ticket that you may prefer and also that you win the election. Should this happen I firmly believe that you will be able to get the DAM loafers, deadbeats and chilizers off our backs. I for one am dam tired of going to the stores and supermarkets and seeing these reciependents fill their baskets with the best cuts of meats etc, load them in Cadilacs and expensive cars and I and other peninsors having to shop around...
...situation was complicated further by the presence of South African troops in Angola. The South African army moved in to take over the Cunene Dam project, just over the border from Namibia, during the summer. A few months later, South Africa's defense minister admitted it was much further inside Angola, giving "tactical support to Unita. Its numbers have been estimated at somewhere between...