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...sooner had British Prime Minister Harold Wilson called for a worldwide oil embargo against Rhodesia than Smith retaliated by cutting off all petroleum shipments to his black-ruled northern neighbor. The effect in Zambia was immediate. Gas stations closed. Cars coughed to a stop and were abandoned. A stringent emergency rationing system allowed each car owner less than a gallon a week. To conserve fuel, government offices eliminated the lunch hour, sent their auto-driving employees home in the middle of the afternoon instead...
American Influence. Gift-giving practices vary-and so do the taboos. The trend in Britain, unlike the rest of Europe, is toward less expensive gifts because of new, more stringent tax laws on gift giving. In Finland, any gift exceeding $30 is considered a straight bribe, and in Sweden it is considered bad form to give liquor-the most popular gift in the rest of Europe. The Germans prefer gifts that can be used over and over, do not like conspicuous firm names or advertising messages. Very few firms in Europe forbid their employees to accept gifts...
...Southern states. First, it should establish uniform jury standards for both federal and state courts. (Again, the Fourteenth Amendment would empower Washington to legislate for state courts.) Since age and residence are now sufficient qualifications for voting, it would be illogical if jury-service qualifications were any more stringent...
Despite the British boycott of tobacco, Rhodesians were still planting it in hopes that by the time their crops mature next April they will be able to find a market. Despite stringent trade and currency restrictions designed to undercut the Rhodesian pound, the new nation's hard currency reserves actually increased by $2,224,000 last week. The settlers might grumble at Smith's austerity taxes, which sent the price of Scotch whisky up to $5.46 a bottle, but the majority of them still supported him -and resented what they considered British treachery at trying to force them...
...them for days looking for tips. He began to buy up other small Canadian newspapers, but he insisted that each paper be the only one in town; if it was not, he forced the competition to sell out by cutting ad rates to the bone. He applied the same stringent budget to every paper, keeping tabs even on glue and pencils. But editorially, he left the papers alone. "If any of our editors were to come out against either God or the monarchy, I guess we'd have to do something, but failing that . . ." he shrugged. When...