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...pressed its drive in the Ogaden, Ethiopia's regime launched another campaign on an entirely new front: world opinion. Having virtually closed the country to foreign newsmen for months, Mengistu's government suddenly invited reporters from Western and East bloc news organizations to come for a ten-day visit. More than 90 correspondents turned up last week for what was billed as a guided look at the war and the Marxist government's revolution at home...
...moral equivalent of war, but President Carter's battle against energy waste seems to be winding up the moral equivalent of Pickett's Charge. Carter's energy bill is not dead yet, but its vital signs are fading. Congress adjourned last week for its ten-day Lincoln's Birthday recess, leaving the measure comatose in a House-Senate conference committee and the nation not much closer to a comprehensive energy program than it was when Carter first unwrapped his plan last April...
...effort to "boost the momentum for peace," Sadat set out last week on what was planned as a ten-day, eight-nation journey in search of support?diplomatic, military and moral. "A heavy and difficult job lies ahead," he said. His main destination, of course, after a brief stopover in Morocco, was Washington. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was on hand, along with the red-uniformed Marine Band, to welcome the Egyptian leader to Andrews Air Force Base late Friday afternoon. Sadat, accompanied by his elegant wife, Jihan, his 21-year-old son, Gamal, and two of his six daughters...
...newest Celtic, Ernie DiGregorio, wasted one day off his recently-negotiated ten-day contract, as he sat on the sidelines watching Boston raise its record...
...court, the Celts' management juggled the team's roster yesterday, trading forward Fred Saunders to the New Orleans Jazz and signing free agent guard Ernie DiGregorio to a ten-day contract after league commissioner Lawrence O'Brien announced that Celtic forward Kermit Washington's suspension would be lifted February...