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...serving as a competent staff officer of the Nigerian army until two years ago, when leaders of the Northern countercoup settled on him as head of state. Gowon was, at that point, the North's way of appeasing the South: besides practicing Christianity, he belonged to one of the smallest Northern tribes. Trained at Britain's Sandhurst military school, Gowon once shared barrack quarters with Ojukwu, but has neither his intellect nor his strong interest in politics?a fact that probably does not displease his Northern sponsors. He is an affable, unassuming leader who has shown considerable skill in keeping...
...only two races and $19,906-barely enough to repay her purchase price and upkeep. Her first start this year as a three-year-old was equally unimpressive: she finished fourth, beaten by 7½ lengths. What has happened since beggars belief. Dark Mirage, almost certainly the smallest thoroughbred in training in the U.S., has not lost a race...
...long haul, however, some of the proposed economies may prove damaging. Last week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a $1.9 billion foreign aid bill-a cut of more than $1 billion from the amount that the President requested and the smallest authorization in the 21-year history of the foreign aid program. The committee, whose leaders have repeatedly complained in the past that they have been denied a voice in foreign policy, thus voted to blunt one of its more effective instruments...
...civilian in the Navy's Research & Development unit at Saigon, is as inexpensive as it is uncomplicated. After a brief visit to the Delta last summer, Berger Shepard, who usually develops mines for the Navy, designed and built in just four days the world's smallest aircraft carrier. Constructed from pipes and a 16-ft. by 16-ft. steel mat (total cost: $300), the helicopter landing pad was fitted atop the foredeck of a 56-ft. Armored Troop Carrier, a standard craft in the Riverine fleet. The device was an immediate success, and in the past year eleven...
...Chrysler, smallest of the Big Three, has been enjoying the industry's biggest auto-sales increase, and had earnings to match. At a record $84.5 million, its second-quarter earnings were nearly double those of the 1967 quarter. Relatively untroubled by the strikes that hit its bigger rivals, and propelled by hot sales of Plymouth Fury and Dodge Coronet, the company is on the way to its biggest year...