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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...made possible such prosperity not just by its defense alliance with Taiwan but by sponsoring Taiwan's membership in such key international financial organizations as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Now Taiwan's eligibility for loans from these organizations will come into question. Particularly endangered is the island's most-favored-nation status. Indeed the whole business climate of the island may be its most vulnerable element once the American defense umbrella is removed...
...constitutional monarchy containing moderate members of the opposition. An alternative would be to establish a regency under his son, Crown Prince Reza, who is now in advanced fighter-pilot training in Texas. Ideally, this regency would be supported by moderate opposition leaders, middle-ranking army officers and key religious leaders...
...lefthander was still feeling his way through the first set, playing well but not brilliantly with the deft, almost effortless touch that is the trademark of his game, when suddenly it happened, and in an instant, there he was again?Peck's bad boy of tennis. After blowing a key shot, John McEnroe hurled his racquet. The offending piece of equipment landed at the feet of McEnroe's surprised opponent, Hie Nastase, the acknowledged prince of the tennis temper tantrum...
...other good reasons to be pleased. On the previous weekend, his temper well under control, he had led the U.S. team to victory over the British in the Davis Cup matches in Rancho Mirage, Calif, winning two singles without losing a set and overwhelming Buster Mottram in the key contest. No one in the 68 years of competition for the Cup had ever taken two singles matches so decisively in the finals. The win was the first in six years for the American team, which has been shunned by top pros, such as Jimmy Connors, who prefer to play elsewhere...
Resorts President I.G. ("Jack") Davis attacked the report, contending that it is a rehash of old, unfounded charges. It accused the company of ties to organized crime, faulty accounting, inadequate information about gambling junkets and the purchase of a key employee's silence with a ten-year, $350,000 consulting contract...