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...somewhat seedy bar of the Exiled Monarchs' Club-always assuming that such a club exists, in Lisbon, say, or Monaco, or even Florida-they must surely be raising a glass this week to drink the health of Prince Charles and his bride, Lady Diana, and marveling how, alone of the larger monarchies, the British model should have survived and be in so flourishing a condition as to be able to mount a royal wedding with all the panache of olden times. It often seems as though our British monarchy, along with our secret intelligence service, represents the only appurtenance...
...that country's frozen assets. Khomeini said that Carter's moves constituted victory for Iran. In early-round elections for the Majlis (national assembly), Banisadr's followers did poorly, and hard-line right-wingers of the Islamic Republican Party predominated. Common Market Foreign Ministers, meeting in Lisbon, condemned the hostage taking but delayed until May the imposition of reluctantly agreed-to economic sanctions against Iran. Carter's mood remained grim; he imposed a ban against U.S. travel to Iran and hinted that little remained for the U.S. except military action. Mrs. Barbara Timm, mother of Hostage...
Brisk and impatient as always, Prime Minister Francisco Sá Carneiro arrived at Lisbon airport last week anxious to fly off to Oporto. There, with national elections scheduled for Sunday, he planned to deliver a final hortatory salvo to promote his presidential candidate-but no relation-General António Soares Carneiro. With the Prime Minister, in the twin-engine Cessna C-421, were his longtime companion, Danish-born Snu Abecassis; Defense Minister Adeline Amaro da Costa and his wife; Cabinet Chief António Patricio Gouveia and two pilots. Almost immediately after takeoff, the plane lost altitude. It sheered...
Defense Adeline Amaro da Costa; in Lisbon (see WORLD...
...yardstick the dollar value of a basket of 101 common items, among them food, clothing and bus and taxi rides. In its latest survey, M.C.E. found that all of its European cities were more expensive than the Big Apple, by total amounts that ranged from 16% for Lisbon to 67% for Stockholm, the costliest city. The Swedish capital has wrested that dubious distinction from Geneva, which is now No. 4 on the price parade, just behind Oslo and Brussels. The next six, in descending order of costliness: Copenhagen, The Hague, Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt and London...