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...times, however, Chou's Mandarin sense of decorum would assert itself. During cocktails at Emerson's house one evening, some of the Americans began to loosen up, and the call went out for more liquor to replenish Emerson's dwindling stock...
Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi appears willing to support Mintoff financially. Gaddafi has already loaned Malta about $3,000,000 to replenish the government's diminishing social security fund. Now he seems ready to do more. The end of 170 years of British use of the island would mean eliminating 22,000 full-or part-time jobs and losing a $54 million annual contribution to the economy. Gaddafi recently dispatched a plane to Malta to fly Mintoff to Tripoli. The upshot of their discussions was believed to be an agreement that Libya will cover such losses...
...problem. Houses that once perched storklike on stilts above the land now sit in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico; the earth beneath them has washed away. Ecologists blame the erosion on dikes built along the Mississippi River which have diverted the flow of sediment that used to replenish beaches eaten away by the Gulf. If the erosion is not stopped, water from the Gulf may soon slice through State Highway 1, leaving 2,500 Grand Isle residents stranded...
...project such as drilling for oil turns out to be a flop, the government will simply write off the loan as a loss. If it is a success, the private developers will repay the money that they borrowed for the venture at a high interest rate to replenish the fund. No less an effort, and probably a far larger investment, will be needed if Japan's economy is to triple in size by 1980, as the government plans...
Martha tries to keep track of which dresses she has been most photographed in and which she has worn to the White House, so that she can replenish her supply after too much exposure. Her more distinctive fashion note is her fondness for unfashionable spike-heeled, sling-back shoes, now so out of date that they have to be made up specially for her at Saks Fifth Avenue. She gets requests for these anachronisms from fans who want them as souvenirs ("If I get any more, I'm going to take a picture of my foot in my shoe...