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Will Egypt reopen the Big Ditch? Though President Anwar Sadat has announced no definite plans to do so, most Egyptians are convinced that he is only too anxious to proclaim the nation's hard-won repossession of the Suez by opening it again to the world's merchant fleets. A small group of high-level Egyptian officials, with Sadat's blessing, is already hard at work on plans for a rebirth of the Suez Canal and its cities...
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BRITAIN. Growth was already slowing when the oil emergency and a coal miners' ban on overtime work caused the government to order drastic austerity. Now, says W.A.P. Manser, adviser to a London merchant bank, the political situation makes economic forecasting virtually impossible for the short term. The outcome for the year will depend not only on the Arabs but also on how long the government holds to a mandatory three-day week for industry -which in turn depends on its negotiations with the Mineworkers Union...