Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inside the white-steepled Plains Baptist Church, where he has taught Sunday school for the better part of two decades, he took note of the swollen attendance-70 men and women, compared with a usual 22 men. He welcomed the visitors, including a number of journalists, among them TIME'S Stanley Cloud. Apparently referring to the press, Carter quoted the New Testament, 1 John 4: "They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them." But Carter stressed that the gathering would not be turned into a political sideshow: "Our only purpose...
...events that led to Entebbe, the Israelis say, reaffirm an argument they have made for years: skyjackings will continue unless foreign airlines become as cautious as Israel's own El Al. They note that only one El Al plane was ever successfully skyjacked. That was in 1968, and the airline has been on the "aggressive defensive" ever since...
...vastly superior in artillery and tanks. Even though the Israeli commandos destroyed one-third of the Soviet-equipped Ugandan air force at Entebbe, Amin still retains almost a 3-to-l edge in combat aircraft. Western experts, however, question the loyalty of Amin's officer corps and note that Kenya's forces are somewhat better trained than Uganda...
...Egypt and Kuwait. Even though there are no postal links between Israel and Arab nations, Doctor has received some 15,000 letters in the past five years; they are either brought into the Israeli-occupied West Bank by Arab visitors or mailed through neutral third countries. In a typical note, a Jordanian named Kasim Abu Abas complained of dizziness and a pain near his eyes. "I'm afraid it's cancer," he wrote. The Israeli specialist disagreed, explaining the trouble was probably a benign growth pressing on nerves; it could be treated simply with hormones or by surgery...
...like pact-which is regarded by Ford Administration economists as being barely within the limits of inflationary tolerance. One of four unions bargaining with Westinghouse struck last week, but chances are strong that the Westinghouse workers will soon settle for a pact close to GE's. And economists note with relief that dozens of contracts reached so far in the construction industry average first year wage-and-benefit boosts of only...