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...Indonesia and the Philippines. In the ASEAN capitals, Trinh called for "a new period for the development of relations, friendship, good neighborliness and long-term cooperation." Hanoi's game plan appeared to be twofold: to explain and justify its invasion of Cambodia and, in long-range terms, to loosen its bond to Moscow. The Vietnamese appreciate Soviet assistance, but they do not want a bear hug. Thus in the ASEAN capitals they were laying groundwork for negotiations on economic cooperation and establishing or expanding trade relations...
Last year, coal stored in railroad cars and silos froze into lumps that were too big to use. Never again, vow the people at Chessie System, the nation's largest coal hauler. Chessie has built three "galloping Gerties": huge steel vibrating fingers that loosen coal in one car every three minutes. Other railroads now have similar contraptions. To reduce the possible impact of a threatened United Mine Workers strike, industries and utilities increased their coal inventories during the autumn months...
President Carter's decision this week to loosen regulatory restraints covering research on the use of marijuana to control nausea in cancer patients is in part the result of a decade of pioneering research at the Medical School. Dr. Norman A. Zinberg, clinical professor of Psychiatry, said yesterday...
What further compounds the already present threats to rent control is that if he wins reelection, Clem says he will propose a rent control "improvement" that, while it would not gut the existing laws, would loosen them and impress many as opening the door to more extensive changes...
Tuesday night at the Loeb Theater, two upcoming productions went through rehearsals. While most people would, indeed, prefer to see the shows after they open, rehearsals provide an interesting glimpse into the workings of a play. Directors jump around like madmen, cast members loosen up and try to perfect their timing, and you can see a production coming together before your very eyes...