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Hearing of the violence, President Carter got on the telephone to President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq and told him that Pakistan was responsible for the Americans' safety. Zia, who seized power in a coup 2½ years ago and whose regime has been facing stiff resistance, said he had been doing what he could, but he proved reluctant to use real force against the crowd...
...Cabinet posts among different factions. But some of his chief rivals refused to accept posts and have stated they will cooperate with Ohira only on a "case by case" basis--a precedent shattering break with Japanese traditions of party discipline. Ohira is also bound to Tanaka, who exacted a stiff fee in Cabinet posts for his key support. Among others, Ohira appointed Tadao Kuraishi, a Tanaka crony, as Justice Minister, at Tanaka's insistence...
...aides contend that the age issue has been exaggerated by the press, yet polls repeatedly show that it concerns many voters. Reagan has faced the problem mostly by joking about it. In a jab at Carter's collapse during a long jog, Reagan last week referred to the stiff race ahead and quipped, "You can be sure I won't be carried off the track...
Both the Administration and Congress remain reluctant to roll out the two Big Berthas of energy conservation: a stiff new gasoline tax and rationing. The White House so far has not supported the proposal by Anti-Inflation Adviser Alfred Kahn for a 50? per gal. tax. Even Connecticut Democrat Toby Moffett, a former rationing advocate, now concludes that that step "should be the last resort." But if plaintive appeals from Washington to "drive three miles a day less" go unheeded, the nation may be forced to begin considering such Stygian last resorts...
...gray mound, Boston glimmers on the horizon. I make out a small rectangular building surrounded by dots, a small field and then trees and lakes. The air swirls silently. A band of trees approaches but I glance once more to the parachute, the sky and the horizon. The stiff branches of the trees mesh and grow larger. I cover my face, bring my feet together, and fall into the brush. At the trailer, Don hears loud snapping and sends out one of his assistants. Sal. Sal sprints across the field and comes to the edge of the woods...