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...prolonged dry spell has also affected transportation. The levels of some German rivers and French canals have dropped so low that barges are carrying reduced loads in order to ride higher in the water. It has also hit hard at the Continent's power systems. With many rivers flowing at only a third of their normal volume and hydroelectric output cut, French utilities have had to burn some 2 million extra tons of oil to meet customer demands for power. As the drought continued in Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Hungary, rains began to fall in Western Europe-too little...
Aware of the pressures from the left wing in his Labor Party against budget cuts, Britain's Callaghan openly told his summit colleagues that "we set a series of common objectives, but we are each going our own way to achieve them." The divergence of approach may spell trouble in the coming months, but a commitment of world leaders to fight inflation is highly useful-if only it can be made to stick...
...grandfather came here as Sam Kamenetski and left as Sam Kamen," says Tom A. Friedmann, 26, an attorney from Wichita, Kans., "because the immigration inspectors couldn't spell or pronounce his full name. He was a carriage maker, and he had some friends who had settled out West, so he took the first train to Kansas City. He saved money and started a grocery store, and most of our family has gone into retailing. My sister and I were the first ones to go to college...
...rioting made it clear that South Africa, as well as neighboring white-ruled Rhodesia, must sooner or later−preferably sooner−adjust to ever growing black demands for justice and equality. In Washington, Kissinger expressed his regrets at the outbreak of violence, and said that he would explicitly spell out American opposition to apartheid at his meetings with the South African leader. "I'm not meeting with Vorster to make concessions or to lend approval of the system of government. I'm meeting to see if South Africa is willing to contribute to a moderate and peaceful...
...students who come here are very questing," she says. "They say 'Here I am involved in a crazy art from which people say is going to spell doom for my life.' They need contact with people who've found some answers...