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...issues--a trait in short supply this year. Stevenson, who some say knows the issues better than his father did, is given high marks for his performance in the Senate. His well-recognized participation in the drafting of the aid package for New York City would help Carter in stricken urban areas and a knowledgability in foreign affairs seems to run in the family. On energy, Stevenson is considered one of the best informed members of Congress. These are attributes that could bring thoughtful Democrats to swallow a Carter-Stevenson ticket...
...ideology, onto an ancient and feudal land of almost bewitching beauty and vulnerability. The mountainside city of Addis Ababa itself reflects the dichotomy. Its haunting, wild setting amid mist-covered mountains, ancient stone paths and a profusion of roses and bougainvillaea is as timeless and unchanged as its poverty-stricken population, dressed in layers of worn, soiled clothing, sleeping in rag bundles on the sidewalks, and driving small flocks of donkeys and cows through the main streets. The city is still dominated by the immense, pale brick palace long occupied by Selassie, where the blinds are drawn...
...have had little support from blacks or poor people. You are not viewed as a leader who is ready to rush to help the neglected or poverty-stricken. Is that a fair view...
...Kenyatta Conference Center in Nairobi, where 3,000 delegates from 124 countries had gathered for the quadrennial meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Kissinger had earlier come out in support of a $7.5 billion development project to "turn back the desert" in the drought-stricken Sahel region of West Africa. His Nairobi speech laid out a comprehensive program to deal with the fundamental problems of development in poor lands everywhere. His recommendations included plans...
...danger: a changing climate. In a report released last week, the CIA concluded the earth has entered a period of adverse weather that is already reducing food production and causing major economic problems throughout the world. The report warns that a changing climate could cause serious upheavals as famine-stricken nations seek-if necessary at the expense of their neighbors-to assure themselves of necessary food supplies...