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...views of politicians who no longer hold national office were sought because they would be able to speak more forthrightly about the issues at stake and about the reception the President is likely to receive from his peers. Although the assessments differ in accent and tone, they are united by two strong, recurring themes: the need to control the arms race and to cope with a global economic crisis...
Your article "America and Britain: The Firm Alliance" confirms what most Latin Americans already believe about the U.S.'s ties with its southern neighbors: when the U.S.'s concerns are at stake in a Latin American country, the action is decidedly to America's advantage; when the interests of a Latin American country are at stake, the U.S. goes with whoever is most likely to win. Latin America will continue to distance itself from the U.S. as long as we perceive ourselves as pawns...
American companies with a stake in the region still have enthusiastic hopes for the Reagan plan. Says Thomas Johnson of the American Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala: "It's marvelous. It's perfect. It's just what we needed." U.S. firms in the country include Texaco, General Telephone & Electronics, Rayovac and Du Pont...
Exxon's departure left Union Oil with the largest stake in shale oil in the U.S. That company has a project not far from Colony's retort, where 1,700 workers are now employed. Union President Fred Hartley vowed to press ahead, calling Exxon's decision "irrelevant" to Union's plans. Says he: "We've always felt ours was the only project really going on. The others were simply going through the motions." The company plans to have up to 700 more workers at the shale works by June. In 15 months, its plant should...
Another recipient of human compassion last week was Real Dare, the only gelding in this year's Derby. He finished last. Not that anyone.expected Real Dare to win. He had finished last in the Louisiana Derby. But there is more at stake in Real Dare's life than derbies. A revolutionary operation to restore his manhood is being contemplated. The Jockey Club, arbiter of breeding and cold even to artificial insemination, does not know what to say about this. Breeding is the essential industry of Thoroughbred racing, and, in the midst of this broken-down year...