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Besides enlarging their foreign markets, especially those in France, Spain and Holland, Americans may conceivably regain some direct access to Britain once the war is over. Indeed, despite the present blockade imposed by London, substantial clandestine British-American trade is going on even now. This flows mostly through Amsterdam and the West Indies, particularly the Dutch island of St. Eustatius, which is taking advantage of its unexpected role as go-between to become the busiest port in the world, with more than 250 ships arriving each week...
Although Hays tried to suggest that he would regain his powers after he is "vindicated," there was no doubt that the tyrannical Ohioan's reign on Capitol Hill had ended−permanently...
Batches of Babies. The anguish of Viet Nam lingers-for the American families seeking to adopt the children they have come to love, and for an unknown number of Vietnamese parents now seeking to regain custody of children they sent to the U.S. as "orphans" to spare them from a possible bloodbath or starvation. Operation Babylift was created out of humanitarian motives on all sides. Yet it has left a legacy of uncertainty, considerable bitterness-and a legal situation as tangled as the emotions that swirled around the war itself...
Very Bad. Ha Thi Vo, a Vietnamese mother who gave up three sons during the babylift, is now living in California, where she is fighting to regain them. She found her youngest child, Tung, 3, at an adoption agency. But since he did not immediately recognize her, agency officials said she could not take him. "They call me a liar," she says. "They make me feel very...
...lately begun to pedal back to the right. Recently he awarded his Premier the title of "coordinator and animator" of the presidential majority parties in the Assembly. Because "Bulldozer" Chirac, 43, is a committed Gaullist, his new job was a signal that Giscard now sees more need to regain the conservative voters he has scared off than to continue to try to recruit new strength from the left. France's recovery from its bout with recession and inflation-down from a rate of 15% two years ago to just under 10% today-may help limit the erosion of Giscard...