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...would knock him out of office and install Labor's Peres. U.S. officials insist that there is no truth to that suspicion or to the Israeli claim that they have suddenly become pro-Arab. The hope of the Administration is to get both the Israelis and the Arabs to bend. But if all else failed, some U.S. officials privately concede, the Administration would be pleased if Begin were toppled as Prime Minister...
...beer between his teeth, and tips the thing over until it is empty. By day's end, his yard is littered with empties. "You wouldn't believe how fast the cans build up," says a worker at the Trading Post, a general store near Big Bend National Park in West Texas, where Henry lives. In fact, every two weeks or so, a couple of the guys come around to clear the place out. But only in the afternoon: after a hard day's beer guzzling (favorite brand: Miller), Henry has a tough time with the morning after...
...virtual solitary confinement at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill., serving life terms for the 1980 slaying of two black joggers in Salt Lake City. Earlier this year, he says, he was stabbed 15 times by six black prisoners. But last week in a federal courtroom in South Bend, Ind., Franklin smiled at jurors and flashed a V-for-victory sign. They had just found him not guilty of violating the civil rights of former National Urban League President Vernon Jordan, who was wounded by rifle shots two years ago outside a Fort Wayne, Ind., hotel...
...Administration economic policy. Said Ture of the compromise plan to boost taxes $98 billion over the next three years: "The package is damned unfortunate. It is going to be self-defeating." Roberts summed up his gloomy view of Administration policymaking: "There is no policy any more. The policymakers bend whichever way the wind is blowing that...
...commencement sampler: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.: "The U.S. has a special role to play in this dangerously disturbed and divided world, a role based on power and the responsible use of power-superpower, to be more precise, and the super responsibilities that go with it. The burden that this places upon Americans is enormous, and it is not surprising that you have known moments of self-doubt and withdrawal. The health and vitality of our system and way of life are, ultimately, in your hands...