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Both these cases smoldered throughout the spring and summer. Dalton threatened to sue the University if Bok did not tenure her, and Trubek coined the phrase "the Beirut of legal education" to describe Harvard Law School...
Stewart Macauley, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, continued his colleague Trubek's metaphor. "I don't want to move to Beirut," he said. "There may be wonderful things going on in Beirut, but you and I don't know...
...Many people don't want to be in a war. Why would one want to play in the Beirut symphony, for instance? It may be a great symphony, but there must be another place for me to play my trombone," said Macauley, considered to be sympathetic with the more liberal legal scholarship...
From the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut to the mine blast that ripped the hull of the U.S.-reflagged tanker Bridgeton in the Persian Gulf last July, the U.S. has been humiliated by acts of violence that were almost certainly plotted by Iran. But persuasive proof remained frustratingly elusive. Ronald Reagan's threats of retaliation against any terrorists found with American blood on their hands carried a hollow ring on the all-too- frequent occasions when no evidence could be produced. But last week a carefully coordinated military operation in the gulf swiftly altered the image...
Rumormongering, a major industry in Beirut, brought worldwide fame last November to Hassan Sabra, 44, editor of ash-Shiraa, when his weekly exposed the secret sale of U.S. arms to Iran. Last week the journalist fell victim to another of the Lebanese capital's employment specialties, terrorism...