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...cash, however, is nonideological. So far this year, Evert has won $70,050. With endorsement mon ey from Puritan and Wilson Sporting Goods, she figures to earn around $150,000. Most of the offers to lend her name to everything from leg lotion and deodorants to toothpaste and soap pow der have been turned down. Explains Jimmy Evert: "It takes time to do these things. When Chrissie's not playing ten nis, I'd rather she not be doing things that will tire her out. This is still a game with us. It's not a business...
...fact that India desires to bring about a solution to the POW issue has become increasingly clear in recent weeks. On March 31, Indian Premier Indira Ghandi told an Egyptian newspaper that "India does not want to keep the Pakistani prisoners but wants to turn them over to Pakistan within the framework of an overall settlement of problems between the two countries...
...weeks ago, a special envoy from India arrived in Dacca, the capital of Bangladesh, to discuss the POW issue with Sheikh Mujibur. The New Delhi Statesman reported that the envoy was "seeking to end the stalemate in the POW issue," adding that he would have to go Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, after concluding his talks with Sheikh Mujibur...
Indications that India is wearying of the POW issue were apparent in an editorial published in the April 4 edition of the New Delhi Statesman. "New Delhi is perhaps reconciled to the prospect of some trials being held," the statement said; "all it can hope for is that their number be restricted and Dacca will agree to the release of the bulk of the POWs without delay...
...apparent that the POW issue is hopelessly deadlocked at the present time, a situation which seriously undermines any hopes for peace on the subcontinent in the near future...