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...violence is not likely to produce the result that the Red Brigades seek. At week's end, every major Italian party, including the Communists, joined in a Rome rally to demonstrate solidarity against political violence and a determination to try to end Italy's raging epidemic of terrorism. So far this year, the tally of terrorist acts, from bombings to kneecappings to bank heists, stands at an astonishing 865 incidents...
...victory reflected weariness with the junta, which had run into difficulty controlling corruption, inflation, budget deficits and Ecuador's foreign debt. With Washington's approval, the junta consulted with every political faction in drawing up a new constitution that will become effective on Aug. 10. One major change: literacy will be abolished as a requirement for voting, which will add as many as 1 million peasants to the electorate...
...major offenders, according to DOE, were Texaco, which is accused of some $888 million in overpricing, and Gulf Oil, with $578 million. Behind them came Standard Oil of California, Atlantic Richfield, Marathon Oil, Standard of Indiana and Standard of Ohio...
...such technology is precisely where the U.S. has an edge, and could expand in what will be a growing industry in years to come. For many American businessmen and politicians, the NTT case is a perfect example of how Japan's cartel-like industry, in alliance with major trading houses, is able to preserve its profit margins by holding sway over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is largely financed and backed by big business and farmers...
Japan's political leaders are eager to defuse the trade issue before the economic summit meeting of the heads of the major industrial nations begins in Tokyo on June 28. But as matters stand, the session is likely to be marred by a barrage of criticism against Japan by both Americans and Europeans, who are openly threatening to take strong retaliatory steps against Japan by autumn...