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There is little evidence to indicate that the African population that makes up 90 per cent of the people in Angola supports the ruling Portuguese 10 per cent. The fact that the Portuguese cite most as evidence of their support is their ability to stay in Africa. "We are not a very mighty county," explained Vasco Vieira Garin, the former Portuguese ambassador to the United Nations. "If the people did not support us, how could we remain in Africa for the past 11 years fighting wars in three territories...
Alsop said that "Peretz money"--and not the thousands of small contributions that McGovern staffers cite--has been the principal source of financing in the Democratic presidential drive...
...diplomatic offensive for the first time since the Soviet military advisers were expelled from Egypt two months ago. That sudden and historic expulsion left Israel militarily supreme in the Middle East, and therefore able to risk making a generous peace offer. At the same time, Israel could no longer cite security as a reason for hanging on to the territory taken from the Arabs during the 1967 Six-Day War; it thus faced the possibility of international pressure to return the land to its rightful owners. Israel cautiously waited before making its move, but it has now responded on both...
...such efforts, the funds now have a good investment record to cite. As a group they performed badly in the 1969-70 bear market, but last year and in the first half of 1972 the value of stocks bought by mutual funds generally rose more rapidly than the popular market averages. But the funds may have got themselves into a chicken-or-egg situation. Undoubtedly the greatest possible stimulus to sales of fund shares would come from the public excitement about the market that would be generated by the Dow Jones average breaking the 1,000 mark. The question...
...five undecided voters were either undecided or held negative opinions about him. Those who praise Agnew often say, as does William Applegate, a television reporter from Youngstown, Ohio, that "he's one of the few outspoken men we have." Those who disapprove of him often cite his aggressive oratory. Retired Commercial Artist James C. Keehl of Clinton, Mich., claims Agnew "uses words that don't fit the situation and can't back them...