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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...predictions of a $150,000 saving were not realistic; we discovered that buildings like Widener can't be kept at low enough temperatures and that we could only reduce the flow of steam in the pipes so much," Leahy said...
Leahy explained that officials based the projected savings figure on a model of dollars per day saved in monitored test houses kept at 10 degrees below their normal temperatures...
Despite Assad's championship of the Palestinian cause, Syrian domination of Lebanon may prove to be a mixed blessing for the fedayeen. Assad has kept the 17,000-man Palestinian forces inside Syria on a tight rein, denying them the freedom enjoyed by guerrillas in Lebanon. Last week Foreign Minister Khaddam, after a meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization's Yasser Arafat, gave guarantees to Lebanese Christians that the fedayeen would abide by prior (but mostly ignored) agreements to restrict their military activities within Lebanon. Some observers believe that in future negotiations with Israel, Assad might even promise...
...Moreover, South African troops and logistic support have been withdrawn. The full extent of South African assistance may never be known. Before the pullback, South Africans kept popping up in the strangest places, on the remotest roads. Last week it was different. 'You see,' quipped a UNITA guide on a walk through the railroad junction of Lumege, 'there are no white Angolans up here.' As it happened, if the 'white Angolans'-UNlTA's euphemism for the South Africans-had been around, Lumege might not have fallen the next...
Speaking before about 300 people, Bayh said, "What we really want is equal education opportunities for all and if this requires busing then busing must be kept...