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...Arab Middle East it is well understood that the military option goes via Moscow and the political option goes via Washington. The more the situation is pushed toward the military option, the closer the Arab countries will come to Russia. I hope the U.S. understands this and continues to strengthen Israel militarily and economically; this makes the military option more difficult and brings the Arabs who have any sense back to the political option...
...Guarantees. N.U.J. leaders maintain that their bid to establish closed shops is a tactic designed only to strengthen the union and hike wages -not to control editorial policy. But the publishers and many of their editors, including Alastair Hetherington of the highly respected Guardian, contend that what is at stake is freedom of the press. They claim that hi the past, labor pressure has forced the removal of articles critical of unions. Now, editors fear, in a closed-shop situation their jobs would depend on what they say in print. Said the London Times: "If the editor can be required...
...ourselves are doing nothing to gain this freedom. Never mind the old traditions of supporting people in political trouble, feeding the fugitive, sheltering the passportless or the homeless (we might lose our state-controlled jobs). Day after day, the Moscow intellectual labors conscientiously, sometimes even with talent, to strengthen the walls of the prison that contains...
...predominantly Moslem nation, Farah is proud of the strides that Iran is making in establishing equal rights for women. One of her proudest moments came when the Shah dispatched her on an official trip to Peking two years ago at a time when Iran was moving to strengthen diplomatic relations. Farah interpreted the Shah's entrustment of such a sensitive mission to her as evidence of his commitment to a new role for women outside the home. What about becoming regent? "I don't want to think about it, but sometimes I do," she told Correspondent Prager. "Then...
...from the table. And that is still pretty good advice." One waited for the suggestions to purchase a good heavy coat, drink a glass of warm milk before retiring and feed a colchand starve a fever. Ford came close. "Guard your health," he warned. "This will materi ally strengthen our attack on inflation...