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While the school was closed, officials worked to tighten security. "When the students tell us it's safe again, we will lift the security--the students have to hold that solution," William Lannon, superintendent of schools, said at the end of classes Monday...
Moscow's primary purpose in invading Afghanistan, most experts agree, was simply to tighten its control of that rebellious country. The tide of Islamic fervor, which had already shaken Iran, was now threatening Afghanistan. Unless it were checked, might it not also spread across the border into the Soviet Central Asian Republics and stir unrest among their substantial Islamic populations? Thus Soviet leaders probably felt that they had only two options: 1) to allow a Moscow-leaning socialist state on their border to dissolve into chaos and possibly pass into the hands of Muslim fanatics or 2) to move forcefully...
...Gallup poll showed that because of his handling of the Iranian crisis, he was leading Ted Kennedy among Democrats for the first time, by 48% to 40%. But Carter also had a new sense that the diplomatic pressure on Tehran was beginning to pay off. To tighten the screws on Iran, the State Department ordered all but 35 of the 218 Iranian diplomats accredited to the U.S. to leave the country in less than a week. This will reduce Iran's embassy in Washington and its consulates in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Houston to skeleton staffs...
...Aramco's four parents ultimately can use to reduce their U.S. income taxes. Every time Saudi Arabia increases its oil prices, Aramco's local tax payments rise, and so do its benefits under the U.S.'s so-called foreign tax credit. President Carter has vowed to tighten up on the credits, but he has not made much progress partly because Aramco's owners argue that they need the benefits to stay competitive in world markets...
...Baptista Figueiredo, hippophile President of Brazil, on the oil crisis: "The only solution is to tighten belts, walk and keep a horse in your corral...