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...panicky selling of dollars on money markets. Nine days later, Nixon was forced to halt the outflow of billions of dollars from the U.S. by floating the greenback against other currencies. Reuss has no regrets: "The markets were in turmoil already, and I simply stated that the emperor had no clothes." Then Reuss put his knowledge of economics to work and lined up congres sional backing for formal devaluation...
...skates released 18,000 multicolored balloons into the air. More than 1,000 athletes from 35 countries paraded in their winter finery. And right in the middle of it all was the old ringmaster himself, Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.). In calling upon Emperor Hirohito officially to open the 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, last week, Brundage said: "May the Olympic code of fair play and good sportsmanship prevail." At least one observer was unimpressed by Brundage's sentiment. Snapped Austrian Skier Karl Schranz: "That's ridiculous, coming from...
Flashing uncharacteristic smiles, he toured a Toyota plant, called on Emperor Hirohito (with Mrs. Gromyko in tow) and magnanimously agreed to the release of 14 Japanese fishermen whom the Soviets had accused of poaching in Russia's territorial waters...
Yokoi was quite bewildered by his sudden return to civilization. He knew vaguely what jets were-"those strange planes whose wings are all swept back"-but he had not known that the emperor whom he had served so faithfully was now a mere mortal instead of a god. One of Yokoi's first questions to reporters was on a political matter: "Tell me one thing quick: Is Roosevelt dead?" The ex-sergeant burst into tears when told that his mother had died...
...notorious World War II Prime Minister, has 200 soldiers keeping the runways free of snow. The scene is Sapporo, Japan, and the drama is the 1972 Winter Olympics. After six years and $688 million worth of preparation, the Sapporo games will be opened this week by Emperor Hirohito in what has been billed as the "World's Greatest Metropolis for Winter Sports...