Word: washington
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Whatever the reasons for the general phenomenon, there were lingering, legitimate fears in Washington that anti-U.S. riots could occur again, as long as the confrontation with Iran remained at flashpoint. Accordingly, the State Department last week called for the departure of all nonessential personnel and dependents among the 1,200 Americans based in elev en Muslim countries and officially discouraged Americans from traveling to them. A similar order had been issued earlier for Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan...
...decision to deploy theater nuclear forces has been two years in the making. British officials claim to be the first to have noticed the growing military imbalance in Europe; they sent a note about it to Washington in early 1977. Several months later, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt raised the issue in a London speech. He deplored the fact that the "Euro-strategic balance" was shifting against the West and urged that it be restored. Soon thereafter, NATO created a High-Level Group, chaired by the U.S., to study the matter...
...idea of Winooski's dome began as a flight of fancy a few months ago during a meeting called by the town fathers to discuss energy needs. But as Tigan, 32, thought more about the idea, he decided it was worthwhile pursuing seriously. Sounding out officials in Washington, he found them most receptive; they suggested that Winooski apply formally to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant to study the feasibility of the dome...
...told, 27 suits were filed charging that the 10% set-aside was unconstitutional. Fullilove, the case that the Supreme Court chose to hear, was brought by H. Earl Fullilove and other officials of several New York contractors' associations. For them, it had been a rocky road to Washington: two federal district courts had upheld the program...
Housed in a building that itself appears capable of flight, the National Air and Space Museum is unquestionably the biggest tourist attraction in Washington. C.D.B. Bryan's The National Air and Space Museum (Abrams; 504 pages; $50) should prove just as big an attraction on the coffee table. One reason this book works is its photography, done with knowledge and passion by Michael Freeman, Robert Golden and Dennis Rolfe, whether showing a venerable DC-3 as it makes its way through the heavy traffic suspended from the museum's raf ters, capturing the streamlined power of a Lockheed...