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...NATO's defenses. From Iceland, U.S. Navy aircraft keep track of Russian craft moving through the Faeroe Channel and the Denmark Strait-including subs carrying Polaristype missiles targeted on U.S. cities. Last July the new coalition government of Iceland, which includes two Communist Ministers, asked the Americans to depart from their strategically important Keflavik base. Negotiations on the request have yet to begin, however, and they could take up to four years before resulting in any move...
...their jobs and property to apply for a flight to the U.S. The Cuban government gave no reason for its decision, but there seemed no lack of possible causes. One theory had it that Premier Fidel Castro had got rid of all the opponents he wanted to see depart. Another was that the Soviet Union was displeased with the exodus because it gave Communism a black eye. Cuba might also have been concerned that the airlift was creating a "brain drain" of skilled and professional workers. But a more immediately compelling theory centered around the fact that four Cuban athletes...
...vacations, as in other things, Japanese workers depart from the Western norm. They are granted up to three weeks' holiday, but they rarely take the time due them, even though most cor porations do not pay cash for unused vacation days. One reason: Japanese workers apparently have a strong need to be needed. If they find that their plant or office can get along without them, they feel their place in the system is diminished. Lately, some major firms like Toyota and Sony have been shutting down their plants for as long as one week during the summer...
...possibilities for a lasting peace. The interview preceded Defense Minister Moshe Dayan's call for Israel to consider itself the "established government" of the Arab territories occupied during the 1967 war. Premier Meir later dissociated herself from that suggestion, but nonetheless she showed little inclination to depart from Israel's tough-minded stance on the question of withdrawal without secure borders. Her comments provided a sharp reminder of how little progress has been made toward any lasting peace...
...rules to follow, and here is a selection: 1) Forget deadlines; you'll never make them. 2) Girls will always get rides more easily than boys-but not in jeans; wear a skirt. 3) Never leave the operations area for a minute, because the moment you depart a ride always seems to turn up. I missed two flights that way, one direct to Los Angeles. 4) Make friends with everyone-the ground crewmen always know where a ride might be found. 5) Bring cotton or earplugs-my ears still ring from jet noises. 6) When asking for a ride...