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...national interests as well as the overall efforts of the Western alliance. How could voters possibly trust them [the C.D.U.-C.S.U.] to carry on this foreign policy, trust those who rejected almost everything that Washington, London, Paris and Bonn have tried to accomplish in the field of East-West détente these past three years?" Farther afield, Brandt pointed out, "We shall establish diplomatic relations with China this month." Turning to domestic matters, the Chancellor argued that the C.D.U. was wrong on its major issue of inflation: "The opposition still seems to follow the thinking that a major part...
Ponto feels strongly about European economic integration: "It is simply too rational to fail." He is less optimistic about the development of East-West trade: "The question of true mutual exchange of goods must be judged much more skeptically. The Soviet Union can supply the West with raw materials, but most of the other Eastern European nations lack that capability." Last year he had a long talk at the Kremlin with Premier Alexei Kosygin, and the session apparently went well. Dresdner last week announced that it had applied for Soviet permission to open an office in Moscow and become...
...ample proportions, appears to have a number of problems with access ramps. If situated on sides of the Common adjacent to or facing Mass. Ave., the traffic clots and bottlenecks would be enormous. If located on the opposite side of the Common, the absence of a major east-west attery would clog residential streets...
Since 1948, all of the world champions have been Russians-from Mikhail Botvinnik (three times) to Boris Spassky. Their personalities, temperaments and styles of play reflect not only East-West cultural differences, but also the peculiar status of chess in Communist countries. While chess is merely a game for the Russian masses, it is a profession or at least a second profession for the Soviet chess masters, who may also be engineers or physicists. Both teaching and play are state-supported, and grand masters get good pay and high honors. So when a grand master competes outside Russia...
...particular, many of architect Sert's aesthetic features have been scrapped due to funding cutbacks and inflation. The 420-foot arcade running east-west through the center of the building was going to be decorated with art works: The terraces of the office wing were suppose to have been adorned with plants "sort of like hanging gardens," Sert says. Sert had also hoped to have an outdoor amphitheatre on the roof of the semi-circular lecture hall section. The building's two courtyards were going to be sculpture gardens. "Unfortunately, the parts of the building that were supposed...