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None of the options are appealing. The U.S. could, for example, bomb a known training camp for terrorists in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, as Israel has done. Secretary of State George Shultz has portrayed Israel as a model of effective counterterrorist action. But terrorists are adept at surrounding themselves with innocent civilians, some of whom could be killed in a retaliatory raid. Moreover, the deterrent effect is questionable. Terrorists, including members of Islamic Jihad, the Shi'ite Muslim group thought to be responsible for the hijacking, are often fanatics who place as little value on their own lives...
...their teamwork on the road proved, Gumbel and Pauley go together like bagels and cream cheese. Gumbel, who hosted NBC's professional football coverage before replacing Tom Brokaw on Today in 1982, has rapidly grown into an incisive interviewer adept at cutting through mushy answers. During an interview with Louisiana's slick Governor Edwin Edwards last month, for example, Gumbel kept sweeping away the politician's charming patter to discuss the impact of Edwards' recent indictment on conspiracy charges. For her part, Pauley displays a more empathetic style, laced with a self-deprecating wit, that works best when...
Less stimulating is Schuman's Three Colloquies, a Philharmonic commission from 1980. A tired essay in Schuman's '50s style, the piece is only occasionally brightened by some pretty noises and adept writing for the solo instrument. Perhaps in response, Mehta turns in a slack reading, greatly in contrast to Weisberg's electric way with the Crumb...
...adept politician, Volcker is said to disdain politics...
...President, who had vigorously controlled the agenda during most of his first term, stood by passively as his top advisers rearranged themselves. The reshaped White House staff, now headed by Donald Regan, has proved less adept at sniffing out and averting trouble than the first-term damage-control team of James Baker and Richard Darman, now the top men at Treasury. "Darman was very careful at keeping the President's rhetoric under control," says a high Administration official. The new staff, by contrast, favors a combative tone, and that tone has begun to backfire. White House Director of Communications Patrick...