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This strengthened relationship comes at a time when Egypt is basking in a spell of peace-induced prosperity. Thanks to the return of the Sinai oilfields, which Israel had held since the 1967 war, Egypt is now pumping 625,000 bbl. of oil per day, and this year will earn $2 billion in petroleum export revenues. Suez Canal tolls should amount to nearly $1 billion by next year, and Egyptian workers abroad currently send $2 billion per year back home. Overall, the rise in foreign-exchange earnings, from $2.6 billion in 1975 to $7 billion in 1979, has produced...
Under the spell of Ryder, whom he sought out in his downtown studio. Hartley turned out the massively authoritative series known as the "Dark Landscapes...
...other books that Household, now 79, has turned out since. They are set all over the world, and told by a variety of narrators. But some of the best, like The Sending, unwind in the mind of a Somerset Englishman. There the old white magic continues to cast its spell...
...prepare for what comes next, as Jack falls under the hotel's dangerous spell. The Overlook, it seems, shines as brightly as Danny. It draws Jack back to the roaring 20's and then unleashes him on his family...
WITH A CONVULSIVE SHOUT, America's leaders are dragging it down the road to war. For the new militarism, getting worked up into a fighting frenzy is more important than knowing when, where, whom or why to fight. The brief spell after Vietnam under which American leaders sought to understand why that tragedy occurred and how to prevent it in the future ended quickly enough; today a typical attitude about foreign affairs seems to be, "America has taken enough shit from the world and ought to start flinging some back...