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...planes or men--that the true problem exists. Japan is the closest thing to a totally dependent yet still strong nation that the world has ever seen. She imports nearly 100 percent of her energy and raw materials and over half of her food. A simply staggering amount of Persian Gulf oil flows to Japan, and it travels a long way through several easily-attacked points, Considering the volatility of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the growing strength of the Soviet navy in these areas, and Japan's value to us both as an ally and a friend, could...
...Persian Gulf oil countries lifted the posted price of crude oil (a theoretical figure on which royalties and taxes are based) by a stunning 70% to $5.11 per bbl. It will keep Arab oil revenues rising-helping to pay for the war against Israel-even as fewer barrels are shipped...
...They have for months been describing their heartache for the Oval Office. Reagan has not made any public commitment to run again and apparently has not told a single friend he will definitely seek a second term. Presumably he has confided in Nancy, but some friends wonder. An ancient Persian put it well: "Speech sows, silence reaps...
...Spanish supertanker Castillo de Bellver was lumbering around the Cape of Good Hope, some 75 miles northwest of Cape Town, on its way home with 250,000 tons of Persian Gulf crude oil, when at 1:30 a.m. crewmen discovered a fire near the ship's bridge. The crew attacked the blaze with foam extinguishers, but within minutes the fire was out of control. Said Captain Alfonso Civera: "The whole ship became an inferno...
...Pasadena City College in California. But Kasparov never showed because, it was rumored, the Soviets feared he might defect. Three days later, former World Champion Vassily Smyslov, 62, was also disqualified, for boycotting a match against Hungary's Zoltan Ribli, 31, in Abu Dhabi ostensibly because the Persian Gulf emirate was too hot. So Korchnoi and Ribli will meet for the right to confront World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 32, though he is now said to be unwilling to face anyone who has won by default. Checkers, anyone...