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Exasperated by the BNP's pacifist methods of resistence, a younger set of Basques formed this new resistance organization. They profess to share the objectives and ultimate goals of the BNP, but differ tactically from the parent party. ETA has claimed credit for several assassinations including that of Spanish Premier Luis Carrero Blanco in Madrid in December of 1973. There are several small revolutionary groups in Spain at this time and it is difficult to tell exactly how many acts of violence ETA has been responsible for over the past five years. It is unlikely that they have perpetrated...
...efficient engines in all of its 1976 models. Ford claims that its '76s will deliver 25% better gasoline mileage than its '75 cars, which produced a lackluster 13.5 m.p.g. average in Government tests. If the public proves to be as sold on fuel economy as the automakers profess to be, Detroit's prospects could be brighter than they have been in some time...
...typically though, the office honors musicians' requests for fellow players, so they can practice at will. Non-smoking requests are also granted. Young says that this year these requests were not difficult to fill because only seven per cent of the men and ten per cent of the women profess to smoking on their rooming applications...
...prospect of multiple births also puts a strain on pregnant women. They are usually dismayed when they first hear the news. In fact, many families feel that they are simply unprepared-physically, financially and emotionally-to cope with more than one new baby at a time. Most women nonetheless profess to be delighted after they find themselves the mothers of twins, triplets or even quints...
...Joseph has acquired his 15 wives (who now have five children) rather casually. "I decided to marry Judy after 15 minutes," he says, "and I asked Paulette [age 16] after 29 hours." The obedient wives, most of whom work as waitresses in Joseph's nearby Red Desert Inn, profess to believe in the Josephian faith. Says Joni, who turned down a $6,000 National Merit scholarship to marry him: "Polygamy provides the sense of fulfillment I never experienced at the First Baptist Church in Billings." Although polygamy is illegal, authorities have trouble prosecuting it. Says Kane County Sheriff Norman...