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Opposition activity has grown in direct proportion to the fading of the euphoria generated by Sadat's historic mission to Jerusalem. The problems facing overpopulated Egypt-poverty, inflation, corruption, inadequate housing and public transport-are so enormous that no government can begin to solve them, at least in the short run. Now that Sadat's peace initiative has stalled, critics of his pro-American policy are starting to exploit the country's endemic problems as a way of rallying the opposition...
...gets a lift from its high level of repeat travelers. British travel agents voted SIA "airline of the year" in 1977, and a survey of 500 agents in the Asian-Pacific region placed it first in the area. The line does not belong to the International Air Transport Association cartel, so it can give all sorts of free extras to passengers. In both first class and economy, they get free champagne and drinks even before takeoff; gifts like pens or complete leather toilet sets are distributed on every flight to first-class passengers. SIA is spending $30 million to build...
...thought it was "do-able," just that Kissinger couldn't afford another Vietnam. There's a certain wistfulness in his tone when he writes what he could have done with a "Puff the Magic Dragon" in Angola--"completely broken the MPLA." A "Puff" was a C-47 transport plane...
...urgent appeal from the Daily Express, a trucking company, went out to thousands of transport firms around the U.S.: "On April 19 at approximately 5 p.m., our 42-ft. flatbed trailer was stolen from the lot of Continental Can Co., Bedford Heights, Ohio. Two International Harvester Payloaders were on the trailer...
...underused natural gas pipelines and construct 230 miles of new line to link Long Beach with Midland, Texas; from that point, the oil would head east through existing pipelines. The $500 million project could carry half a million barrels a day and would cost considerably less than tanker transport. The Government has strongly supported the idea for four years, but the project has bogged down while its backers await California permits...