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...follow. The resulting oil shortage would hurt U.S. allies more than it would hurt Iran?and would drive world oil prices through the roof. Another possibility would be a Government embargo on all trade with Iran, including food, but Carter would use the food weapon only as a last resort. Summarizing the planning difficulties, an Administration official noted last week: "The difference between minimum and maximum punishment is not all that great. This is very tough to calibrate...
...whites who live on the White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota are increasingly apprehensive about their Indian neighbors. Says Jane Reish, co-owner of the Jolly Fisherman Resort: "We're not just a little bit nervous, we're scared to death. We seem to be caught in a time warp. All this talk about the Treaty of 1867. This...
...White resort owners now fear that the Chippewas will attempt to reserve some types of hunting and fishing for Indians alone. If they succeed, hardly any white sportsmen would drive up from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Over dinner in his kitchen, Bob Bruns, owner of Whaley's Resort, gloomily reports that last year he had 46 reservations for deer season; this year he had only three. Says Bruns, who quit his job as a welding supervisor in the Twin Cities eight years ago to move to the reservation: "We figured we had the world by the tail until this thing...
...deposed Shah not to seek permanent sanctuary in the U.S. Though reluctant to do so, the Administration had concluded that the Shah's safety could not be guaranteed against the thousands of Iranian students in the U.S. Nor could Washington realistically hope that the Khomeini-dominated regime would not resort to a campaign of reprisals against the U.S., through either an oil embargo or assaults against Americans in Iran. But last month, after the Administration learned that the Shah was seriously ill, it granted him a temporary visa to visit New York City for medical treatment...
...accents) and Sean Connery (inexplicably cast as a NASA scientist). Karl Maiden stomps through the film in such a rage that you would think a hotel had refused to honor his traveler's checks. When the comet's "splinters" finally hit earth, wiping out a Swiss ski resort and a drive-in theater in Pisa, all Meteor can sum mon up is a few flashes of red light and some whoosh noises. Only at the end is there a convincing special effect: a tidal wave of sewage muck that engulfs the New York City subway system. When...