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Like a Mr. Fixit, at the two-day NATO meeting, the Secretary was-as diplomats have it-firm but conciliatory, trying to soothe the feelings that had been bruised by his own harsh words, by the surprise alert of American forces in the last days of the Middle Eastern war, and by U.S.-Soviet agreements that the Europeans believe have been made over their heads...
...day of his inaugural and the day after, the stock market's recently leaden Dow Jones industrial average shot up almost 50 points, its largest two-day gam ever; Wall Street analysts attributed part of it to a boost in political confidence caused by Ford's swearing-in. In Washington, an AFL-CIO lobbyist said that Ford's arrival was "our go-ahead" for a broadened labor push for impeachment. In addition, the two dailies owned by Chicago's Field Enterprises chose Ford's inauguration day as the occasion to urge in editorials the "vigorous...
Chief Minister Somare also must deal with budding separatism on a larger scale. Papuans, for instance, charge that Australian aid-$760 million over the past five years-has gone mostly to New Guinea. Tempers grew so hot over this issue recently that a two-day riot broke out at the annual Papua v. New Guinea soccer match. On the island of Bougainville, which is part of the new nation, there is a growing feeling that the islanders should get a greater share of the $150 million in profits expected this year from an immense Australian-operated copper mine...
...problem: The students and workers occupying the Polytechnic Institute in Athens, the nerve center of the two-day old revolt in Athens and the two other major cities of Greece...
Petkevich, one of the founders of the skating show, has returned from England where he is studying as a Rhodes Scholar, to skate for the two-day event...