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...antidote to soothe the consuming obsessions of Idi Amin. Some of his opponents, much to their regret, have tried other possibilities. Amin himself has proudly documented at least nine separate attempts on his life. He seems to have a fix on every thought, not to say plan, concerning his enemies. Once last year, as the presidential limousine was driving through northern Uganda, some opponents ambushed the car and pumped it full of machine-gun bullets, killing all the occupants. But Amin had switched cars down the road -and survived. Later, a grenade bounced off Amin's cheek in another...
...scene passes in which Graham fails to have his cast hoof and puff their way through one more number. Still, this does not stifle the spirited entertainment or the sorrowful history. For TV viewers who suffered withdrawal pains at the conclusion of Roots, Minstrel Man offers a timely fix. Roger Wolmuth
...Indians win, "I guess I'll be in the same fix as everyone else," Cox added
Many economists see rebates as a quick fix for the economy. No other form of tax reliefer federal spending, they argue, moves so swiftly into the economic bloodstream. Says Otto Eckstein of Data Resources Inc. and a member of the TIME Board of Economists: "In 1975 we learned that a temporary tax cut lifts retail sales. It was spent fully within two or three months." The Carter forces are counting on the rebates to encourage business to spend more on expansion, since consumer purchasing power will be increased. While the 1976 recovery was sparked by inventory rebuilding and consumer spending...
...hearing last week that his ship carried no LORAN (long-range navigation) equipment. His gyrocompass, he said, was not being used just prior to the accident because it was six degrees off, and the helmsman was steering by magnetic compass. He himself had not had an accurate fix on his position for more than 15 hours. Even if he had known his position, he might still have been in trouble. The water current charts he was using were November's, not December's, an important difference...