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...already caused 60% of the foreign businessman in Argentina to leave the country in the past year. If the abductions continue, they could jeopardize an economy already deeply troubled by razor-thin profits and lack of capital investment by private industry. Prodded by such concerns, Peron reversed his benign neglect of Argentina's frightened foreigners and made a point of receiving the Ford vice president for Asia, the Pacific and Latin America, Edgar Molina; it was the first time that Peron had met with a U.S. businessman since returning from exile last June. He told Molina that any company...
Lawyerly Lapses. For all the varied transgressions of Watergate, the principal gripe filed against lawyers is neglect of a client's case. And that can often be easily remedied by a telephone call from a local bar association. The offense that most often leads to discipline is also all too unexceptional: stealing a client's money. One Illinois lawyer who gave clients worthless checks and improper shares of personal-injury settlements was disbarred after the state supreme court determined that his actions amounted to misappropriation of funds. Attitudes toward offenses often vary. Tax evasion, for example, prompts little...
LOST DISCOVERIES by Colin Ronan. 125 pages. McGraw-Hill. $10.95. Lively, lucid and well illustrated, this book describes scientific discoveries made by ancient civilizations that were later temporarily "lost"-from neglect, or simply because they were too far ahead of their time. The list is impressive and long...
Across town, groups of Atlanta blacks were preparing demonstrations against Graham's refusal to speak out about Watergate and his alleged neglect of the black clergy's call for Christian activism. At the press conference, Graham was asked to comment on the challenge. He declined, but said he'd gladly talk to the black leaders if they called him. They never did. Blacks continued to boycott the crusade throughout the week and the crowds who saw Graham in Atlanta were almost all well-dressed and white...