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...having the opposite effect -at least for the time being. "Nasser! Nasser!" screamed the crowds as Egypt's President drove to prayers at Al Azhar mosque with visiting Sudanese Premier Jaafar Nemery and Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Two newspapers in the Egyptian capital, noting that U.S. Phantom jets had been used to carry out the Abu Zabal raid, called it "an American-Israeli crime in which Nixon is an accomplice...
...achieve even-handedness in his Middle East policy offered Moscow cause for optimism; the Russians assumed that Washington would accomplish this primarily by limiting Israeli arms. Now the U.S. is on the verge of providing more weapons to Israel, and just might give Premier Golda Meir all 24 Phantom jets and 80 Skyhawks that she requested during her U.S. visit last fall. The decision is being influenced only partly by Russian threats; another factor is the announcement by President Georges Pompidou that by 1974 France will provide nearly 110 Mirage jets and trainers to Libya, Egypt's neighbor...
Outright deception is rare. Many commercials retreat into a world of pure fantasy, in which humor and Madison Avenue mythology explore hard-sell claims to product superiority. The agencies have created an unearthly band of mnemonic miracle-makers-a White Knight, a Green Phantom, Josephine the lady plumber, Mr. Clean the bacteriophobic eunuch, and the Man from Glad, who is gussied up in platinum hairdo and white trench coat. In one ad, a failing used-car salesman takes a dollop of Listerine mouthwash, and customers start buying without waiting for the sales pitch. In another commercial, a bespectacled, frumpish...
...away yet. Foreign sources insist the total deal will eventually involve at least 160 planes. To be sure, the foreign sources happen to be Israelis, whose figure sounds absurdly inflated and seems designed to pry another 25 Phantom jets from the U.S. In the end, the Israelis may have their way. Only a few weeks ago the U.S., long Israel's champion, seemed to be moving toward a more neutral position in the Middle East. Secretary of State William Rogers' peace proposals and Nixon's emphasis on "evenhandedness" underscored the shift. But domestic U.S. reaction...
...civilian-military sales that have helped make it the nation's most profitable aerospace firm (1968 earnings: $95 million, on revenues of $3.6 billion). Deliveries of Douglas' DC-8 and DC-9 airliners entered a decline this year, and production of McDonnell's phenomenal F-4 Phantom, still the U.S.'s most versatile combat plane, has passed its peak as well. The new business should rebuild the company's backlog, which now stands at $2.6 billion. Still, profits may decline for the next year or so until deliveries...