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...asset in helping reestablish Egyptian influence among the Arab nations. But whether he will risk all and gamble beyond just an exchange of ambassadors with Moscow is hard to say. Sadat had the strength of character and the nearly megalomaniacal confidence to reverse his country's course almost overnight: Mubarak, an unglamorously disciplined ex-air force officer, has to deal with a Middle East more severely polarized by superpower politics than ever before, and the artful game of switching loyalties may become a thing of the past. If so, Mubarak's latest diplomatic manuever is a foolish move...
...local level, the IRS will finish in May the installation of Sperry Univac 1100/82 computers in its twelve centers. These will make it possible for local agents to get information out of Martinsburg overnight instead of in the three to six weeks that have been required until...
...well-to-do had paid $99 for harborside hotel rooms, and the hoi polloi jammed the sidewalks. It seemed none of them (save the Queen) could help smiling and clapping or waving their $3 Union Jacks. Hundreds of overnight campers stood on lounge chairs or watched the spectacle on portable TVs. Nora de la Cruz brought her portrait of the Queen trimmed with cotton. Said she: "Too bad we could have no block parties...
...1950s, Thomas observed that "medicine was turning into a science." The discovery and use of a host of drugs such as sulfanilamide and antibiotics meant that many otherwise fatal diseases were easily curable. A new optimism swept through the profession; doctors became "convinced, overnight, that nothing lay beyond reach for the future. Medicine was off and running...
...hard to fault Walker for going after the money. Walker is a 20-year-old college junior. So is this reporter, Given the choice between studying for midterms next week or signing a football contract and becoming a million dollars richer overnight (courtesy of its bonus), I'm sure I'd opt for the latter...