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...Arab character, an inability to believe that the leaders of preindustrial societies could apply sophisticated economic pressures. "At the beginning of World War II there was this saying: 'The Japanese cannot fly planes. They have bad eyes,' " says Peter Drucker, one of the country's foremost management experts. "Well, here we were saying: 'You know Arabs. They cannot cooperate.' " The biggest block to understanding, however, was probably the fact that neither Nixon nor his top advisers-or predecessors-seemed aware that the U.S. was on the brink of running short of energy even without...
...report also comments that Resolution 255 "confirms the inalienable right of all states to individual or collective self-defense if they are attacked, until the Security Council takes the necessary measures." The report said that the adherence of Israel to the Non-Proliferation Treaty should be sought "first and foremost...
Bryan Patterson, professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, yesterday praised Romer as a scientist and humanist. "He was a man at home in every area of his subject," Patterson said. "People of his breadth are becoming rare. Yet he always approached his material with the idea foremost in his mind that he was dealing with the remaans of what were once human beings...
...member of the House Judiciary Committee, which will hold confirmation hearings on the nomination of Gerald R. Ford for vice president, Drinan said that he had 40 questions he wanted to ask Ford. Foremost of these, he continued, was whether or not Ford was aware of the 1970 secret bombing in Cambodia...
...back of his mind in order to concentrate on the more perfect worlds of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven. During this period he revolutionized cello technique. He discovered the magnificence of the six long-neglected Bach suites for unaccompanied cello and brought this music before the public. He became the foremost cellist in the world...