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...official Soviet news agency. At the same time, he said that he was making all U.S. exports of oil technology to the Soviets subject to Government license. That was a clear warning that within the next few weeks he might ban the $144 million sale to Russia by Dresser Industries of a plant to produce advanced oil-drilling equipment...
...Alba, one of the world's wealthiest and most titled women (47 titles in all), who once trained as a bullfighter; and Jesús Aguirré y Ortiz de Zarate, 44. the government's director of music, a former Roman Catholic priest known as an elegant dresser and a respected European intellectual; she for the second time, he for the first; in a quiet ceremony at the duchess's palace in Madrid...
...Park deal explains why Hundley, 52, a gregarious Irishman with a Flatbush accent, is beginning to rival Edward Bennett Williams as the capital's top criminal defense attorney. A spiffy dresser who favors loud sports coats, Hundley is on good terms with the Washington press corps. He also can draw on invaluable friendships and expertise accumulated during 16 years as a Justice Department lawyer. His contacts can help him tell where an inquiry is heading, and his experience and instincts help him to detect when a prosecutor is bluffing...
...race. He adds, though, that whenever anything goes wrong, he pins it on being black. Another thing about Ed that he feels did not go over well with the club members was his clothes. He describes his preparations for the screenings this way: "I'm a very colorful dresser. Dressing well is one of the things I enjoy. Now, when I was getting ready to go to lunch with these Phoenix Club guys, my friend Milt told me what I should wear. 'Wear a plain colored shirt and a jacket,' he told me. I know they don't like colorful...
Never mind these quibbles; the year of the microprocessor has given game players the best present of all, an opponent who can be kept in a dresser drawer. What is on the way is not hard to guess: in a couple of years the game player's best friend will be the full-scale home computer...