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...control air pollution, which may become a model for other twin cities along the frontier. New pacts have been signed that should lead to greater cross-border cooperation in dealing with such crimes as narcotics smuggling and auto theft. And, as one State Department official puts it, the recent gas deal "could serve as a symbolic link that will permit fruitful negotiations in other areas to proceed more rapidly...
...defected on the troupe's U.S. tour last month, than Soviet prestige was hit by an even more bruising blow: the defection in Switzerland last week of Figure Skating Champions Oleg Protopopov, 47, and Ludmila Belousova, 43. So alarmed were Soviet officials over the rash of recent defections that they canceled a scheduled 28-concert U.S. tour by the Moscow State Symphony. Before the drastic decision was made, the orchestra's U.S. booking agent, Samuel Niefeld, was suddenly summoned to Moscow. Niefeld was reportedly asked to give "guarantees" that there would be no defections from the orchestra. Obviously...
John B. Anderson, Illinois Republican and declared presidential candidate, defending his rather low popularity ratings in recent polls: "I'm no longer an asterisk. I've achieved a percentage...
...last two years, however, the foundation has reduced its expenditures in part by cutting the number of graduate fellows from a high of about 200 to 100 in recent years, he added...
...nuclear issue is a national one, because a Seabrook meltdown would threaten residents of Newburyport and Boston as well as Seabrook itself. But it is equally clear that the occupation would fail without firm local support. In my numerous trips to the area in recent months. I have been struck by the degree of support for and clear understanding of the occupation by the local population--particularly those closest to the plant. Northern New England seacoast towns like Seabrook enjoy the peace and quiet of their unspoiled beaches, marshes, and woods. They must now put up with the imminent destruction...