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With due respect to the Olympic contenders, the point must still be made that if grain, technology, private business, etc., are being withheld from the Soviet Union, causing billions of dollars worth of loss to individuals and businesses, why should sports be treated differently? Why should the athletes be exempted...
...Americans spent more than two tedious months in the home of Canadian diplomats, reading whatever they could get their hands on. They played so much Scrabble, as Anders later explained, that "some of us could identify the letter on the front by the shape of the grain on the back of the tile." Said Taylor at a press conference in Ottawa: "I'd nominate any one of them for the world Scrabble championship. They are also probably the six best-read Foreign Service officers." Some of the six spent the time at Taylor's residence, others...
...Kennedy apparently believed would be unpopular when he announced his opposition to it last week, is supported by 73% of those surveyed. Even voters 18 to 24 years of age approve registration, 64% to 12%. Among Kennedy supporters, 71% favor registration. Boycotting the Olympics is supported by 67%, the grain embargo by 86%, the embargo on the sale of technical equipment to the Soviet Union...
...height of American public outrage over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Iran's refusal to release the 50 hostages being held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Jimmy Carter had just announced a program of sanctions against the Soviet Union, including an embargo on shipments of grain to the U.S.S.R., and U.S. longshoremen were balking at handling any Soviet cargoes. Then, Local 160 of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) posted a notice on a bulletin board at the Kennedy tower urging members not to guide Soviet or Iranian aircraft in or out of the airport unless...
...were taught by Skinner's conditioning techniques to recognize and depress keys that were identifiable either by color or by words or symbols embossed on them. If they hit the right key with their beaks, it would light up and, as a reward, they automatically got a little grain...