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MADRID, Sept. 15, 1975 Four armed Palestinian terrorists break into Egyptian embassy, take three hostages and threaten to blow up the building unless Cairo renounces the Sinai pact with Israel. Flown to Algiers with five hostages, terrorists surrender to the P.L.O. All the hostages are freed...
...Unions often don't feel confident getting involved in issues which have to do with business and management. They feel their competence is in struggle, resistance, protection of rights and that these programs threaten that distinctive competence. Furthermore, that attitude might become more firmly entrenched if, as the screws tighten economically, there is more of climate of anger rather than cooperation, a climate of fear, layoffs, and defending what you have. You can't develop projects like this where people are basically defensive...
...purposes, then the Soviet troops would be withdrawn." Most of the time Brezhnev read from a prepared text, but he broke off from time to time for more candid remarks. Said Hammer: "He felt that the accusations that the Soviets went into Afghanistan to take over the country and threaten oil routes was 'sheer nonsense.' He said that Afghanistan had always been neutral, but suddenly the Soviet Union found itself with a hostile country on its southern border. He indicated that they only went in because they were invited in 14 different times by the two previous regimes...
...expressions of official good will scarcely hid the mutual suspicions that still threaten to disturb the new official peace between Egypt and Israel. Even last week there were ruffled feelings over Washington's announcement that it would furnish Cairo with an impressive array of sophisticated weapons, including 40 F-16 fighter jets and 250 M-60 tanks. The U.S. also agreed in principle to sell Egypt an unspecified number of F-15s, the most advanced fighters in the West's arsenal...
...that Lloyd's fat years have been followed by a lean period, this unlimited liability rule and a string of heavy claims threaten the members of some syndicates with personal bankruptcy. Losses totaling about $340 million have been incurred from insuring U.S. computer-lease contracts that were prematurely canceled when IBM came out with a better machine. Furthermore, last year a disastrous 2.3 million tons of shipping were lost-including what may become the biggest marine claim ever, the sinking in the Caribbean in July of a 293,000-ton oil tanker, the Atlantic Empress. In addition, members face...