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...that." Though Rasdorf and Geisa are in plain sight of each other, telephone calls between them take up to eight hours to complete, and getting from one to the other-if a visiting permit for Geisa is granted-is now a 154-mile drive instead of a 20-min. walk...
After only 45 min. of discussion with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria, Linowitz announced that the stalled autonomy talks between Israel and Egypt would be resumed shortly. Linowitz said the two nations would begin preparations for another summit conference, to be held in the U.S., probably shortly after the presidential election in November. What was more, Linowitz later added, Israel and Egypt had agreed to consider a U.S. plan-the details unrevealed-to break the deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
Dickerson further told Chambers that the President would soon phone his son and tell him to leave Panama City; within 15 min. of the call, Dickerson says, Chip was taken by the Secret Service by car to Plains, Ga., leaving his wife and son behind. She later substituted for him at a news conference with local reporters. Asked last week why Chip was whisked away so quickly, Treasury Spokesman Joseph Laitin first said that it was for reasons of safety. Then he conceded: "Perhaps saving the President from political embarrassment did have something to do with it." Chip could have...
They no longer sing the company song before each work shift at Toyota and other Japanese auto plants, but the workers do have 5 to 10 min. of calisthenics and get a briefing on the day's work schedule before plunging spiritedly into their jobs. Japanese autoworkers are imbued with a sense of mission, a sense that doing a good job is important to them, to their union, to their families and to their nation. Worker alienation is almost unheard of, and sabotage is unknown. Coke bottles do not rattle in the doors of Toyotas as they sometimes...
...paratroopers and two choppers were standing by. The Devils jumped into the restaurant's car park, where they were met by chefs in running shoes, who sprinted with the birds to preheated ovens. The cost: at least $10,000. Elapsed time between bag and bite: 3 hr. 14 min. To its chagrin, London's Ritz Hotel was beaten out when a Scottish fog grounded its grouse shuttle, a World War II Lysander aircraft...