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Jimmy Carter put himself in the lions' den and dragged Uncle...
Jimmy Carter in the Lions' Den...
Having boldly jumped into the world arena like a Daniel in the Lions' den, Carter is finding that the inhabitants have quite a bite. Soviet Communist Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev, deeply wounded by the human rights crusade, charges that Carter has launched "psychological warfare," and adds that "a normal development of relations on such a basis is, of course, unthinkable." French...
...there are 450 different special effects, including snowfalls (plastic) and a giant half-moon with glowing nose and spoon (a coke joke). While Studio 54 is fast, loud and frenzied, the month-old New York New York (membership $150) is cool and comparatively low decibel. Borrowing from the Hay den Planetarium, light specialists have devised a laser-beam system that throws streamers of color over the dancers and peppers the floor with shards of light. At one moment, the crowd may be enveloped by a mixture of fog and Faberge; at another, clouds of red smoke billow from the floor...
...From the beginning," Prime Minister Den Uyl explained, "we made it clear there was no question of the hostages being transported somewhere else. And the demand for safe conduct, if granted, is an invitation to renewed blackmail actions." As for the political demands, Den Uyl said, "we have seen from earlier experience in the relationship between the Dutch society and the Moluccan community that the awakening of illusions, the making of concessions, punishes itself, leading to bitterness and disappointment...