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Most other foreign reporters could identify with ZDF's plight. Many complained that they were barred from certain briefings and often could not get an audience with political heavyweights. But the most consistent gripe concerned hotel accommodations. In Atlanta the Democrats assigned many foreign journalists to hotels 25 to 30 miles from the convention center. They were closer to the action in New Orleans, but many complained that the hotels assigned by the Republicans were second-rate and sometimes downright seedy. Alejandro Rodrigo, an Argentine working for Italy's ANSA news agency, described them as "below Third World standards...
While Karny and other sole representatives of foreign newspapers will probably cover the 1992 conventions the same way they covered 1988's, some of the foreign television networks are already considering scaling back. "It's becoming too expensive, and all the debate is over before we get here," asserted Tony Naets, bureau chief of the European Broadcasting Union, an association of European broadcasters. Said Martin Bell of the BBC: "People back home are beginning to realize that these are not nominating conventions...
Nevertheless, the journalists agreed that America's selection of presidential candidates would remain a story that the foreign media could hardly ignore. "The U.S. is the most powerful country in the world," said Zevi Ghivelder, a TV Manchete commentator. "Don't you think that in the days of ancient Rome all the world worried as to who was going to be the next Caesar...
...price appreciation of antique boats, however, prompts some collectors to fear that they will be priced out of the market. Already foreign investors are bidding heavily for such boats, and manufacturers have begun building vintage- boat replicas for people who do not have the time or money to care for originals. Old-timers hope the classic boats never become too valuable to take for a spin. Says Don Price, a collector and restorer in Clayton, N.Y.: "Let's not forget that these boats are not just to look at, but to go out and have fun with...
...course, is rejected outright by Israel, which regards the P.L.O. as a terrorist group and considers large parts of the occupied territories necessary for its security. "The Israeli government will do everything so that these statements remain empty words, unmatched by deeds," said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Added Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: "It is not a substitute for dealing seriously with the situation." Ariel Sharon, a former Defense Minister who heads the Industry and Trade Ministry, proposed extending Israeli law to portions of the occupied territories. U.S. officials warned against that move, which would be tantamount to annexation, but seemed...