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...cars, computers, fruit and other U.S. goods. Then the abrasive-mannered Eberle jetted to Brussels to demand that Common Market officials let in more American citrus, tobacco and grain. He got some moral support from 15 members of the House Ways and Means Committee, who made a rare overseas jaunt to complain in Brussels about Common Market discrimination against U.S. farm exports...
...worst fear of diplomatic observers was that India and the Bengali guerrillas, confident that they would win easily, were attempting to provoke Yahya into a declaration of war. According to this theory, which is held by a number of U.S. State Department officials, Mrs. Gandhi's Western jaunt was designed mostly to gain time while India's military buildup progressed. When Pakistan's chief ally, Peking, indicated that it really wanted no part of a war on the subcontinent, the Indians decided to move. With snow falling in the foothills of the Himalayas, making Chinese intervention even more unlikely, they...
Against Harvard, Marinaro carried for 50 of Cornell's 63 yds. in the winning touchdown drive. Marinaro tallied the go-ahead score with a 15-yd. jaunt through the Crimson line...
There is a barbed edge of truth in Nixon's jest. As the peripatetic Spiro Agnew sets out on yet another international jaunt, this time to Greece, Turkey and Iran, few men would envy anyone the task of handling the Vice President's press corps-small, hand-picked lot though they are.* Will Agnew make another gaffe like adversely comparing American black leaders to African dictators? Will he praise the Greek ruling junta as a force for law-and-order? Will he do nothing in Iran but play golf-or worse, just sit in his tent...
...Urey, watching in Houston, nervously warned: "Don't get too close, fellows." Moments later, catching a foot on a rock, Scott took a headlong tumble and fell clumsily forward on his right arm and shoulder. Not until Scott was helped to his feet by Irwin and continued his jaunt did the world breathe easy. "This time," vowed the unhurt Scott, "I'll look and make sure I don't fall over some silly rock...