Word: micheles
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There is furious movement, to be sure - but it is caused by the selfish race to win special bilateral deals with the Middle East oil producers. Last week French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert toured the Middle East attempting to button down contracts that would ensure France oil for the next decade and beyond. He was followed closely by Italian Foreign Minister Aldo Moro, who jetted to Egypt, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi to guarantee supplies for Italy. In St. Moritz, the Shah of Iran took time between ski runs to listen to oil requests from German Economics Minister...
...addition to its internal debates, Syria was getting conflicting advice from other countries. Visiting Damascus last week in the course of an oil-hunting, arms-dealing swing through Arab countries, French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert told Syrian officials that he "understood" their positions. Jobert cautioned them against depending on "foreign efforts" to obtain a settlement. Palestinian guerrillas were also vocal in urging Syria not to settle. Their newspaper Falastin al-Thawra called for Arab solidarity against Israel and said, "Victory will be the lot of those who are long-winded and capable of enduring...
...start of the ceasefire, the four-nation International Commission of Control and Supervision has been powerless to halt the hostilities. The Canadian members of the ices were so frustrated by the commission's impotence that they quit last August. Upon leaving Saigon, Canada's chief delegate, Michel Gauvin, remarked: "We were sent to observe a peace and came to watch a war." Since then the commission's other members, Poland, Hungary, Indonesia and Iran (which replaced Canada), have displayed no enthusiasm for looking too closely at anything...
When French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert leaves this week on a five-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria, he will be pursuing an aggressive campaign of economic diplomacy that is fast making France the leading seller of arms to Third World nations. The policy is already bringing handsome dividends to his government. Currently under negotiation is an agreement with Saudi Arabia that would assure France a steady supply of Saudi oil over a 20-year period. The deal could lead eventually to the flow of more than 800,000 bbl. of Saudi oil a day-a total...
Jenkins, Silver, Carey & Company will have to contend with 24-year-old Jim Cartmell, a four-year Army veteran who stands 6ft. 7 in. tall. Tim Kearns, a tall 6 ft. 4 in. guard, and Robin Michel, a sophomore, will start in the backcourt...