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...must import all of its oil. About 84% of it comes from the Middle East: 43% from Arab nations and the rest from Iran. Thus, Japan was an obvious target when Saudi Arabia and the sheikdoms decided to turn off the pipeline spigots. Being forced to change its traditionally neutral policy in the Middle East toward a pro-Arab stance was particularly humiliating for a nation in which saving face is synonymous with preserving honor...
...prepared for the contest with high spirit and keen concentration. Bumper stickers in Raleigh admonished: STOP THE WALTON GANG. Though the event was televised nationally, some 4,000 State fans journeyed by chartered plane, bus, private car and even motorcycle to St. Louis, where the Shootout was held on neutral ground. Coach Norm Sloan claimed that his team was doing nothing very special to gear up: "We really don't have anything to prove," he said before leaving for St. Louis. But 7 ft. 4 in. Center Tom Burleson was busy studying films of his opposite number, Bill Walton...
...politely applauding alumni, it will be difficult to generate any significant noise with which to psyche out the B.U. hockey team or its fans. As one former Harvard player said about the Crimson's home ice advantage, "There are two types of games at Harvard, away games and neutral ones...
...While Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia's oil minister, wandered about Europe promising a continued flow of oil to the Arabs' "friends" and privation to enemies, almost the opposite seemed to be happening. In Britain, Germany, Italy and other nations classified by the Arabs as friendly or neutral, serious energy shortfalls loomed. But in The Netherlands, the one Common Market nation on the Arab embargo list, some Christmas lights continued to blaze and visitors reported hotel rooms occasionally so toasty that windows had to be thrown open. Though the Dutch led Europe in banning Sunday driving, their other...
Kennedy said the administration "deceived the American public by taking an officially neutral stand" on a comprehensive campaign reform bill, privately lobbying for its defeat. The bill was defeated in the Senate last Thursday, after a filibuster by its opponents...