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...Force in Lebanon). At the same time, Israel would remove all of its troops from the area controlled by Major Sa'ad Haddad's Christian militia, which has been working closely with the Israelis. Lebanese government forces would be allowed to take over this area and would absorb Haddad's fighters...
Buckley stuck with the Pats for more than a month. Still, getting cut hurt. "In the Ivies, you see maybe 15 defensive looks. The New England coaching staff gave me a sheet with 48 defensive alignments to memorize. It was an awful lot for a rookie to absorb...
...West Bank, they may inherit a fait accompli if they return to power. They might find the thousands of Jewish settlers, many of whom fanatically share Begin's biblical dream of a greater Israel, even more difficult to dislodge than the nearly 1 million indigenous Arabs are to absorb into Israel...
...block grants were to be the cornerstone of Reagan's "quiet federalist revolution," in which power would gradually be transferred from overblown federal agencies to state and local authorities. Given greater leeway and less red tape in using federal funds, the Governors were confident that the states could absorb cut backs of 10% without trimming services...
...environmental issue and not a question of defense. The desert environment of Utah is too fragile to absorb the kind of abuse it gets from being the Government's nuclear-waste dump. How can the nation permit a state with five national parks to become the country's outhouse...