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...appears to be, and the fact is that, as a Western diplomat in Beirut put it, "Sadat's game is the only one in town right now." Despite the Israelis' understandable qualms about Sadat, the time may be at hand for Israel-and Egypt as well-to take certain risks: mostly political on Sadat's part, military as well as political on Rabin's. Unless there is some movement, there is a growing danger that the name of the game in the Middle East will once again...
When Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh announced the appointment of his country's first military government, Beirut crackled with small-arms fire as Lebanese Christians celebrated. Last week the military government bowed out after three days, and again the city popped with gunfire. This time it came from Beirut's Moslem neighborhoods, rejoicing that Franjieh had asked former Premier Rashid Karami to head a civilian government. The change in leadership was precipitated by the latest in a series of clashes between the country's Moslem majority (about 60%) and Christian minority that have troubled Lebanon (pop. 3.2 million...
There was some fighting in the region last week, but it was isolated. In Beirut, new skirmishing broke out between right-wing Christian Phalangists and Palestinian guerrillas...
Korean politicians have not been the only beneficiaries of Gulf's-or the oil industry's-largesse. Dorsey admitted that Gulf had also donated $460,000 to former political rulers in Bolivia and had channeled another $50,000 through Beirut, as he euphemistically put it, to "defray the expenses of a public education program ... to bring about a better understanding in America of the Arab-Israel conflict." He did not say specifically who got that money. Meanwhile, Exxon and Mobil Oil acknowledged last week that they had also made gifts, which they insisted were legal, to political parties...
Most of the guests, naturally, were French, though Belgium, Spain and West Germany sent contingents; the passenger list also included a smattering of Englishmen, Americans, and a Lebanese who flew from Beirut for the adventure. Instead of retiring to the solarium between meals-though the topless sun bathing rated two stars -most of the gourmets attended gastronomic "forums" where, often heatedly, they discussed such matters of faith as the correct temperature for serving champagne (46°-50° F. v. 50°-54° F.), whether smoking between courses dulls the palate (not at all, said Gault), and why there...