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Kosygin's replacement by a man only a year younger once again dramatized the aging fragility of the Soviet leadership. Although he has appeared robust and vigorous in his recent public appearances, Brezhnev is 73 and suffers from a host of ailments, reportedly including cancer of the jaw and heart disease. The average age of the inner circle of the ruling 15-man Politburo is 69. Most Kremlinologists agreed that the Kosygin move did not presage any major shake-up or policy shift. If anything, it was expected to enhance Brezhnev's own already dominant power. A master...
...founded on a crime, a lot of good American towns, especially in the West, were built on nothing more dignified-or sinister, for that matter-than whisky and whorehouses. San Angelo, which now envelops the fort, got its start that way. Its economy in the first days grew robust upon soldiers' payday recreations and the gamy appetites of buffalo hunters. Susan Miles, 89, daughter of one of the earlier settlers, manages to sound both scandalized and amused about the town's atmosphere even after the fort closed down: "Big drinking meant big progress. I remember the painted girls...
...were relatively calm last week. The dollar and the British pound were the strongest of the principal currencies. The strength of the pound was due to Britain's plentiful North Sea oil deposits, which will be worth even more if petroleum prices again increase. It is also kept robust by the country's 16% interest rates. British exporters, however, complain that their goods are now overpriced in foreign markets in comparison with products priced in weaker currencies. The dollar was robust largely because it remains, despite U.S. economic problems, the world's "refuge currency." Nervous speculators...
Publicity will focus on the architectural and historical uniqueness of the home at 1746 Cambridge St., which historical commission researchers variously described as "inventive," "robust" and "simply marvelous...
Historical Commission officials called the house at 1746 a "very robust and inventive" example of the architecture of James Fogarty, a local designer in vogue during the late 1880s...