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That hard-knuckled faithlessness is standard practice in the rough-and-tumble world of syndicates. Since Publisher Samuel S. McClure launched the first modern-day newspaper syndicate in 1884, the marketing of comics, columnists and other readymade editorial matter has become a large and lively industry. Some 300 syndicates are trying to flog a total of 10,000 features, from "Accent on Pets," to "Zane Grey's Best," with combined sales estimated at $100 million a year...
...Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz was promptly summoned to the State Department; there he was deliberately shuffled off to hear a stern lecture on the "illegality" of the newly announced settlements from Under Secretary Philip Habib, rather than from Cyrus Vance, with whom Dinitz usually deals. In Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis called on Begin to express the same concerns. Begin listened to the U.S. complaints, but then insisted that he had merely been carrying out some campaign pledges. That explanation may help Begin with his admiring local public, but it does little to calm Washington's growing unease about...
...half by 1979. The Navy also lets Hawaiians fish and boat near the island on occasional weekends and once allowed a small group ashore for a religious service. But the Navy maintains that Kahoolawe is the only suitable target range within easy reach of its Hawaiian bases. Vice Admiral Samuel Gravely Jr., commander of the Third Pacific Fleet, pointedly notes: "The military in Hawaii is a billion-dollar-a-year business. A significant part of that business is generated because Navy and Marine forces are here to train, and Kahoolawe is a prime training site...
...groups, which have varying degrees of commitment to religion, Zionism and political action. Sometimes he is also a bridge between the U.S. and Israel. Right after the meeting he flew to Israel, where he had a morning conference with Premier Menachem Begin, followed by lunch with U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis. Begin is coming to Washington next week for his first meeting with Carter, and the ultranationalist Premier was concerned about how warmly he might be greeted. No worry. He would be welcomed, said Schindler, "with open arms...
...attorney waited until the Chicago Board of Trade had ended its trading for the week. Then Samuel Skinner dropped a bombshell on the world's largest commodity futures exchange. He announced four indictments ranging from mail fraud to income tax violations against one customer, one solicitor (a title analogous to stockbroker) and seven traders...