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...finally been persuaded by Habib to leave his native village in central Lebanon and join the negotiations. Habib provided Jumblatt with a car and a safe-conduct pass for his trip to the presidential palace in Baabda. That kind of skillful arranging was only one of the rare blend of talents that Habib, 62, brought to his latest daunting assignment. Last year it was the blunt-spoken Habib who persuaded Israel and the P.L.O. to accept an unwritten ceasefire, which lasted until the Israeli invasion of Lebanon began. But his latest peacemaking chore is undoubtedly the most difficult task...
...contrast, the work of former Painter Peter Danko, 33, of Alexandria, Va., is an advance along the simple path cut by Nakashima. Danko's furniture represents an intriguing blend of the sculptural and the functional, with a healthy respect for the natural qualities of the wood. More over, pieces like the Danko Chair are light in weight and appearance and thus well suited to small apartments. With delight ful ingenuity, Danko is experimenting with folding chairs of molded plywood. One of the plies is a bendable, plastic material, so the chair folds without metal hinges...
After losing five starters following the 1981 season, the laxwomen turned out to be a surprising blend of talented yardlings and seasoned veterans, who transformed this campaign from a rebuilding season into one that included a 12-6 regular season record, an Eastern Championship, one-half of an Ivy title and a seventh place finish at the Nationals...
...Soviet reaction was a blend of disapproval and curiosity. The Kremlin had summarily rejected in 1977 a proposal by Carter and Vance for deep reductions in the strategic arsenals of both nations. But Vance said last week that some Soviet officials have told him their unwillingness to consider the plan may have been a mistake. Despite the sharp criticism of Reagan's speech by the official news agency TASS, the Kremlin so far has kept the door open to discussion. Radomir Bogdanov, a Soviet arms-control specialist who is deputy director of Moscow's Institute...
...gasoline for 19? per gal., while diesel fuel sold for 7.5?. The state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Co. sold the products for less than their cost. Last week, however, Kuwait's motorists awoke to find gasoline prices had nearly tripled, to 53? per gal. for the 90-octane blend. Diesel fuel now costs...