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...reduce them? By using gimmicks that would do a Las Vegas casino bookkeeper proud. Not counting toward Carter's ceiling, for example, are large categories of transfers that have previously added billions of dollars to the totals: 1) sales to the 14 NATO allies, Japan, Australia and New Zealand; 2) military construction, training and other "services" performed for foreign governments. All reckoning, finally, is to be in 1976 dollars to eliminate the impact of inflation. Such accounting alchemy allows Carter to ignore nearly $5 billion worth of this year's anticipated transfers. Only by doing so will he achieve...
...intimate acquaintance of several English tongues, Partridge was born into the proper English of New Zealand and was introduced to Australian slang as a student at the University of Queensland. He later served with the Australian army in World War I-thereby learning the military idiom-before ending his linguistic tour in the rarefied dialect of Oxford. To fill in the gaps, he relies on an extended network of correspondents. They also keep him abreast of changes that "on balance, I should say are to the good." He particularly likes "wonderful American expressions such as skyscraper" but dislikes the "pitiable...
...Representing England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and the West Indies, which regularly play one another in five-day international Test matches...
...Rhodesia. The draft was hurting his practice and as a lawyer he was troubled that captured guerrillas were being tried as terrorists rather than as prisoners of war Unable to start a practice in Britain, he was unemployed for six months; after being refused permission to migrate to New Zealand or Hong Kong, he finally went into business with a friend in Johannesburg Ford predicts that in the future white Rhodesians may have an even harder time relocating than he did. "It follows you like a bad smell," he says bitterly of his Rhodesian connection, "No matter what...
...many competing models (the suggested retail price is about $80 for the 22½-m. version), sale's are increasing at 25% to 40% a year; in 1976 they reached more than $20 million. The grills are catching on worldwide; they are hot sellers in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. One reason for their popularity: with all the talk about energy saving, people have an added incentive to shun the gas or electric stove in favor of alfresco cooking...