Word: itemizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...masterpiece of the book is an eight-page epic called "Thunder Under the Kalahari" or, Aliquid Novi ex Botswana? Prefaced by an item in the London Times about the discovery of truffles in the Kalahari desert and the possible resulting boost to the economy of Botswana (the former Bechuanaland), it's a tale of intrigue, adventure, and romance. Perelman is ensconced in the Mushmouth Arms, Bexhill-on-Sea, knowing that it is at this type of dreary seaside resort that one runs into an eccentric fellow guest who imparts some remarkable tale. Sure enough, he finds a strange...
...Item: Hassanein Heikal, editor of Cairo's Al Ahram and Minister of Guidance (information), printed a eulogy to Nasser written by the moderately pro-Western Zakaria Mohieddin. That gave rise to speculation that Heikal was seeking to retrieve Mohieddin from obscurity. Once one of Nasser's intimates, Mohieddin's name had not even been mentioned in the Egyptian press since he fell out with Nasser in 1968 over economic policy and Egypt's increasing reliance on the Soviets...
...Item: Rumors from Cairo insisted that Nasser on his deathbed had designated Mohieddin his heir, which was not likely...
...Item: Reports from outside Egypt suggested that Sabry and the Soviets have agreed to send home 600 Egyptian students and 300 army officers training in East bloc nations. These could become the nucleus of a force that would thrust Sabry into a ruling position...
...complain that computers foul up their bills. It proposed new rules that will probably take effect early next year. Under them, if a customer writes in to a company to dispute a charge in his bill, the company cannot seek payment or interest charges until it investigates the item and fully explains it to the customer. Nor can one firm tell another firm that a customer is a bad credit risk without first informing him. In still another move last week, the FTC aimed to bring more clarity into automobile advertising. Among other things, the commission proposed that sellers...