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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Christians who have suffered religious persecution in the Soviet Union. For the Vashchenkos, the struggle to emigrate began 16 years ago in the grim mining town of Chernogorsk after the government seized children from supposedly "unfit" Pentecostal parents and sent them to be reared by state agencies. As a result, five of the Vashchenkos, attempting to leave the Soviet Union, joined a much publicized U.S. embassy sit-in. After trying to enter the embassy again in 1968, two members of the family were sentenced to three years in a labor camp...
After considering a number of alternatives-ranging from a racy tabloid ("the fuel-injected Minneapolis Tangerine," it was jokingly called) to a sober newspaper of record ("the Minneapolis Times, "after a certain self-important daily in New York City)-the committees selected a middle course. The result: the Star's traditional no-frills hard-news approach was shucked in favor of more analytical coverage, occasionally frivolous feature stories, breezier writing and zestier graphics. The company did its part by increasing the editorial budget $1.4 million, to $5.5 million. Star reporters began turning up in such far-flung places...
Legal revenge is expensive; fees for special prosecutors in murder cases run from $5,000 to $10,000, and some lawyers speculate that Melton paid a private lawyer $25,000. He denies it, but whatever he paid, he was not satisfied with the result, a ten-year prison term for Roberts for manslaughter. Says Melton: "He should've gotten more...
...them less than it would the industrial world. Unless they do sign, the liberalizations will not apply to them. Still the other delegates were relieved and exhilarated. Said Alonzo McDonald, who patiently handled the day-to-day negotiations for the U.S.: "The agreement is the most comprehensive and significant result produced by any trade negotiations up to this time...
LEVY: A perceived shortage of only 2% or 3% may result in price increases of the order of 20%, 30%, 40%, even before supplies actually run short. So far this year, OPEC has increased prices by about 25%. As a result, the importing world will lave to spend about $35 billion a year more for the same quantity...