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...stars of Russia glowed from the high spires of the Kremlin towers in the mellow night, casting a special spell over the three Americans so far from home who by themselves were shaping the U.S. position in an uncertain world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Happiness Under Red Stars | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

...that sells advice to investors in oil and gas, says that he and his colleagues used to "sit down and read the Home-Stake prospectus and laugh." Among other things, the prospectus admitted that estimates of oil and gas reserves cited by Home-Stake in promotional materials "were extremely uncertain and speculative" and that Home-Stake's managers were permitted to do whatever they pleased with funds that were left over after drilling costs were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: Gulling the Beautiful People | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

...Dilemma. Amid all the delight over Kissinger's Middle East miracle, one group remained dourly uncertain. At Arab League headquarters in Cairo, 177 shirt-sleeved delegates of the Palestine National Council-a parliament of Palestinians hi exile-gathered to debate their next move. All the delegates also belong to the Palestine Liberation Organization, a conglomerate of six guerrilla organizations led by Yasser Arafat, which faces a dilemma: How can it continue to hold out against Israeli presence hi its homeland and at the same time withstand pressure from Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia to join the movement toward peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Sustaining the Momentum of Peace | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...week's end it was still uncertain how soon, if ever, the Prices would recover from their ordeal. Or whether, even if their flirtation with martyrdom has been happily aborted, they will be able to retain their heroine status once they are no longer a political cause celebre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Ulster's Price Sisters: Breaking the Long Fast | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...Arkansas Public Service Commission will begin holding licensing hearings on the plant in a few days, and ACORN will try to have the commission rule that AP&L must install the additional controls. It remains uncertain how much good Harvard's laborious wrangling with the issue will do in the end, since the Corporation did not send the ACSR statement to the Public Service Commission. ACORN is now trying to have the statement introduced as evidence, and if it fails the statement will go unread by the authorities...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: ACSR Active But Students Care Little | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

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