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...from charges and countercharges made by Wurmbrand about Bass's personal behavior, and it threatens to spread to questions about Bass's ways of accounting for some of the $8.7 million a year his group raises. The situation could take years to untangle. The two organizations together depend on contributions and account for nearly $17 million of the estimated $30 million a year raised for such ventures, and their embarrassing fight could do more harm to the program than anything Communist police and customs officers might dream...
Opera--even light opera--is pretty tough for college students to put on, however, and if you're a Strauss buff or just can't resist live vocal music, Lowell's Fledermaus might be worth it. But if you're not a vocal nut, and think you'd depend on stage qualities to hold your attention, stay away...
Among his plans: free and compulsory education for all Egyptians up to high school age, extensive electrification of rural areas, an end to press censorship, restriction on government control of TV and radio. But such plans depend greatly on the Middle East peace negotiations. In some ways, Sadat trusts Khalil to handle these negotiations more than he trusts himself. Sadat is visionary and mercurial; Khalil is cautious and dispassionate. Sadat relies on Khalil to weigh and analyze every Israeli proposal more carefully than Sadat himself might. As one Egyptian official put it, "Khalil would not rise and fall like...
Much of what the cartel does now will depend on Saudi Arabia, whose share of OPEC oil production has soared from 26% to 34% since the Iranian cutback. The Saudis have long been regarded as the principal force for price restraint in the cartel, but statements from Riyadh last week were discouraging. After calling for urgent OPEC consultations, the Saudi government merely promised that it would not raise prices until after the end of March. Oilmen read that as a plan to boost in early April...
...consequences of the energy crunch for individual companies will depend on how much they need oil. For example, nearly all of Du Pont's 1,700 products, from paint to tires, use oil as an ingredient. Says the chief executive of a major chemical manufacturer: "If anything, we have underestimated the inflationary effects of the oil price rises...