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...SELDOM IN THE months since the October War has the future in the Middle-East been quite so cloudy. The Kissinger shuttle talks failed because Israel was being asked to give back to Egypt defensive positions in Sinai of the most vital importance, in exchange for "something less than non-belligerency," according to State Department officials. Non-belligerency is actually something less than a peace treaty, and is a concept which Kissinger began floating after the October War to spare Egypt the onus of signing a peace treaty with Israel, and yet create a situation in which both sides would...
...Seldom Profitable. That inquisitiveness has earned ABC News Closeup, which does not yet have a regular time slot, 14 journalism awards as well as considerable praise. According to Marvin Barrett, director of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Survey of Broadcast Journalism, Closeup "has been consistently courageous and the most outspoken series of TV reports since See It Now," Edward R. Murrow's pioneering 1950s series...
Documentary programs are seldom profitable for the networks. ABC News Closeup, for instance, often appears without a sponsor, despite its respectable monthly audience of from 7 million to 20 million viewers. Yet ABC will pour $2.4 million into Closeup this year, largely for its prestige value. "Every time Closeup wins an award or gets a good review, our lobbyists in Washington run to every Congressman they can find with the clips," says a pragmatic ABC executive. "That's so the next time a Congressman starts screaming about sex and violence on TV, we can point out that they provide...
...equerries, stable grooms and pot scrubbers, as well as secretaries and clerks. The Civil List, however, is only a part of the estimated $14 million spent annually to maintain the monarchy. The government also picks up the tab for three of the five royal residences, the royal yacht, a seldom used royal train and a royal helicopter fleet...
Vindictive Females. Hit men seldom encounter hostility from their victims. "When you have pie all over your face," explains Weiner, "it's hard to do anything. You can't see and you can't breathe. So you just stand there and grin." But women, in general, do not react well. "They just don't like it one bit," says Murdock. "They aren't good sports." On the other hand, reports a Minneapolis Pie Kill operative, a majority of the clients are "vindictive females...