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...technical grounds, De Gaulle objected to Britain's imports of cheap foodstuff from the Commonwealth nations, to its restrictions on the export of capital, and to the role of the pound as a reserve currency. Adopting the rules of the Common Market, particularly the agricultural rules, could ruin Britain economically, said De Gaulle. He further objected to tying the fluctuating pound to the now solid currencies of the Common Market members. He insisted that the Market partners would invariably be caught up in the pound's fluctuations and haughtily dismissed as jeux d'esprit-mental exercises-Prime...
...vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. As interpreted by Opus Dei, the vows for lay members are somewhat less strict than for priests. Whether or not they have taken the vows, members may own their own cars and homes and salt away enough money to protect themselves from financial ruin, but they are expected to turn over all "excess" income to the organization. They may marry and have children ("Chastity does not mean celibacy"), but they must remain faithful to the "spirit" of chastity. Single members, moreover, must agree to go anywhere that Opus Dei sends them, and all must...
...grabs was the richly carved and graven Temple of Dendur, Greco-Roman Egyptian ruin that has slumbered for 2,000 years in the crystalline Egyptian sunlight, 130 miles up the Nile from Luxor. It was originally dedicated to two Egyptian brothers, Petesi and Pihor, who had been drowned in the Nile. When the rising waters of the 300-mile-long lake formed by the Aswan High Dam similarly threatened to engulf their sanctuary, the Egyptian government had it dismantled into 650 pieces in 1962. The temple was offered to the U.S. in gratitude for a $16 million U.S. contribution toward...
...next four holes were ruin. He missed a three-footer to bogey the second, lost a ball in the woods for a triple-bogey seven at the third, and then bogeyed the next two. The rest were routine pars, but that six-over-par stretch wrecked what could have been an excellent round...
...expecting to top the 1,000,000 mark in tourists for the first time, and a big attraction, as usual, will be Athens and the islands in the Aegean Sea. For the first time, tourists will have an alternative to bumping from site to site by bus. Instead, ruin viewers can sail the wine-dark sea in comfort on a scenic three-day cruise (for from $75 to $160) aboard the Meltemi, which stops at ports near Delphi, Epidaurus and Corinth...