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...extend those sanctions for only seven more days instead of the additional month the British had sought. Italy and Ireland did not go along with even that limited measure. But a crueler blow fell the next day in Brussels, where Community agriculture ministers voted 7 to 1 (with Denmark and Greece abstaining) to override a British veto and push through a Community-wide farm price increase of 10.7%. In doing so, the member nations broke a 16-year tradition, known as the Luxembourg compromise, under which each nation has a veto over issues affecting its vital interests. Said a Thatcher...
Dover's Harvard experiences prepared him for both international work and professional sports. Majoring in Far Eastern Languages, he added fluency in Chinese and Swahili to his knowledge of French. He joined the Foreign Service in 1974 and has held posts in Denmark, Portugal and Israel...
...Dover family includes Lauren, 5, and Noah, 2, who were born in Denmark and Israel, respectively. His father throws basketballs into Noah's hands from time to time, but predicts that the take will someday be an orthopedic surgeon, Lauren plans to be a dancer, "and a doctor like her mother," who holds a Ph. D. and is a psychologist...
...Members: Britain, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and West Germany. Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have also imposed sanctions. Japan has promised not to take advantage of the economic opportunities created by these measures...
Pending the Administration's predicted upturn of the economy, about all that U.S. farmers can do is pray for plagues and bad weather overseas. Midwest cattle producers have no grudge against their counterparts in Denmark, but a recent outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease there caused Japan to suspend $215 million worth of Danish meat imports. This could mean some $100 million in unexpected sales for American cattlemen. Says Ronald Knutson, an economist at Texas A&M: "If there is a major crop failure some place in the world, we'll look back on this as a good...