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...backdrop to the Israel Arah conflict within Israel's borders has to be seen in the context of what is going on now within the dominant camp the Jewish society in Israel. And the back ground to the Jewish camp, Holocaust survivor Ben Don believes, is the army...
...most vociferous warnings came from Walid Jumblatt, 36, the mercurial, Syrian-supported Druze leader, who has consistently blocked all attempts at a ceasefire. Against the noisy backdrop of almost daily artillery battles between the Lebanese Army and Druze militiamen, Jumblatt called for the resignation of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel's government. Then he said that he had meant the Gemayel Cabinet but not the President. Still later, he insisted that he had been right the first time, and that Gemayel himself should resign. "We will not take part in any government or format with President Gemayel," he declared...
...Amsterdam long before 1980, Eric Heiden of the Golden Skates was an astounding discovery at home. One charm of the Winter Olympics is the inexpert opinion, maybe not completely mistaken, that the athletes in these neglected sports come close to some lost ideal, possibly even amateurism. Against a bright backdrop of ignored ski jumpers trying to fly with Finns, and irrepressible luge racers careering down icy troughs, young hockey players good enough to beat the U.S.S.R. can be taken for children, even after they disperse and report directly to the National Hockey League...
...Once the rehearsal for the second act gets started, there is terrific noise on one side of the backdrop and tremendous physical energy on the other. It is like a motor car out of control and very hard to bring to a stop, so I have to use a whistle...
...tireless quest for realism, Hollywood has already used the war-torn Middle East as a backdrop for such films as Hanna K. starring Jill Clayburgh, and the recently completed The Ambassador, starring Robert Mitchum and Rock Hudson. Now comes The Little Drummer Girl, which was shot on the barren hills of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Based on John le Carré's best-selling novel, the movie stars Diane Keaton, 38, as Charlie, an impressionable English actress who is recruited by Israeli intelligence for a double-agent mission against Palestinian terrorists. Keaton trained with a bazooka...