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...trip to the U.S. was a message to the rest of the world that, as Chou En-lai withdrew from public life, Teng would become China's principal international spokesman, the man who would handle the substantive discussions with the stream of foreign leaders who still make their way to Peking's Great Hall of the People...
...dance floor, while Socialist Party Chief Francesco de Martino stood alone growling "Hey, I thought this was supposed to be my dance." Italian politics being what it is, the caricature contained more truth than humor. Making good on a long-hinted threat, the Socialist Party last week withdrew its parliamentary support for Moro's fragile coalition government, thereby forcing the Cabinet to resign. With Italy still deep in its worst postwar recession, the country faced the grim prospects of 1) living with another ineffectual (even minority) coalition government, or 2) elections that could give the well-organized Communist Party...
There is good reason for the Franco-British concern. Sales of Concordes, which cost some $60 million apiece, have been disappointingly slow. Financially strapped U.S. airlines withdrew their options to purchase the planes three years ago, and only Iran and China have expressed interest in buying any of the three planes remaining unsold out of the initial production run of 16 (the British and French...
...December 1969, after gradually phasing out the project, NASA withdrew totally, leaving the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to re-plan the entire project at a severely inflated cost...
...with his leftward drift; he seemed headed for probable defeat. So rather than run for the Senate again, he astonished his constituents by declaring for the presidency. One stalwart financial backer, New York Investment Banker Herbert Allen, kept his campaign alive for six weeks. When it seemed hopeless, Harris withdrew...