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...muster the simple majority needed to pass the "important question" resolution? By one count, at week's end the U.S. had 57 fairly secure votes. Supporters of the Albanian resolution, calling for the seating of Peking and the outright expulsion of Taiwan, had 61. There were 13 probable abstentions; if they hold firm, only 118 votes will be cast, making 60 enough for a majority. Thus the U.S. must win over three or four of about ten delegations that are thought to be "approachable" but currently inclined to abstain or vote for the Albanians. Among the possible swingers: Turkey...
Cutbacks have pushed last year's teacher surplus into an outright glut. By N.E.A. estimates, 104,000 newly graduated teachers have been unable to find permanent classroom jobs, 25,000 more than last year. One California district received so many inquiries from job seekers that it has installed a phone recording to tell them it has no openings...
Chance of Accident. Leading the opposition are the executives of Ford, who say that they have a better idea, a system whereby a car would not start unless seat belts were fastened. Ford has taken ads to denounce, among other things, an outright danger for children sitting on their parents' laps or kneeling on the floor. Ford cites Government-sponsored tests at Wayne State University in which baboons simulating such positions were more often than not injured by the force of the air bags' sudden inflation. Says a Ford safety expert: "The moment an accident materializes, a person...
...refused to devalue the dollar by raising the price of gold. Instead, Washington is holding out for them to revalue their currencies upward, which would make their goods still costlier-and less competitive-in some world markets. Last week the Common Market's executive commission formally demanded an outright dollar devaluation...
...passions and factionalism of Irish politics compel him to perform a nonstop tightrope act between moderates and militants; he is working for a peaceful solution to the ageless "Irish question" while trying to avoid an outright collision with the Irish Republican Army, whose most extreme faction is trying to shoot its way to a reunification of Ireland, north and south...