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...colonial days to honor such Portuguese explorers of old as Lourenço Marques and Vasco da Gama, who brought the first Portuguese presence to Mozambique in 1498. Only the pedestals remain in place, while the stately stone and iron images of Marques, Da Gama and others stand in disarray in a junkyard...
...hard to imagine that subways in New York City could be more congested, streets any bumpier, parks any scruffier, muggers in greater abundance, ambulances slower to respond or courts and prisons in more disarray. But all that and considerably more is likely to happen as New York comes to terms with its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. After decades of living beyond its means, of spending as if there were no tomorrow, the city has accomplished what no one really thought possible: it has all but gone broke...
Despite the talk of greater European self-reliance, there are few indications that the Continent is moving toward the kind of political cohesion that would turn slogan to reality. The Atlantic Alliance is in an embarrassing state of disarray: Britain, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark have cut their defense budgets; Greece and Turkey are still at odds over Cyprus; and France's Giscard, his V-E day proclamation notwithstanding, refuses to attend the meeting of NATO heads of state that will convene in Brussels later this month. Almost despite themselves, the Europeans seem to be heading toward Brussels hoping...
MILITARY COLLAPSE. While South Vietnamese troops fled in disarray, the Communists continued their relentless advance southward and eastward, mopping up with embarrassing ease the coastal cities that remained in government hands. By the end of the week four more provinces had fallen to Communist control for a total of 17, fully three-fourths of South Viet Nam's territory. Six full South Vietnamese divisions had disintegrated. The Communists occupied such refugee-swollen coastal cities as Qui Nhon and Tuy Hoa, Nha Trang and Cam Ranh. Although they slowed their advance toward week's end, presumably to consolidate the huge areas...
...just the first three months of this year-with little fuss. But recently the market has been anything but placid. Prices have been dropping so fast, interest rates rising so rapidly and bonds going unsold in such numbers that some veteran traders say that the market is "in disarray...