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...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 of his career...
Japanese management techniques will not reverse America's economic decline. Neither will obsessive number crunching or strategic planning. O.K., so what will? Strong corporate cultures, that's what. Such is the blunt message of Corporate Cultures (Addison-Wesley; 242 pages; $14.95), a lively dissection of American business winners written by Terrence E. Deal of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Allan A. Kennedy, a Boston-based consultant. Executives, say Deal and Kennedy, must recognize that "a strong culture has almost always been the driving force behind continuing success in American business...
When Haig joined Begin for breakfast on Friday morning in the Prime Minister's 29th-floor suite in Manhattan's Waldorf Towers, each of the blunt-spoken men knew precisely where the other stood. The previous day, Begin had spoken to Haig on the telephone, telling him that he deeply resented the feeble attempt by the Administration to bully him. For 45 minutes, after their aides had been dismissed, the two men munched Danish pastry, sipped coffee and spoke their minds...
...soon to tell if the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, which begin next week, will blunt the urgency of the movement. But for now, agitation and consciousness raising continue. Last Monday in New York City, nearly 1,700 protesters staged sit-ins-and were arrested-outside the U.N. offices of seven nations: the U.S., the U.S.S.R., China, Britain and France, all of which acknowledge having nuclear weapons, and Israel and South Africa, which are suspected of having them. The 16,000-member Physicians for Social Responsibility is planning a "national day of prayer" in October. The 2,000-member Lawyers Alliance...
...learned to listen carefully for imbedded assumptions in questions he is asked. Haig: "No one is pleased when circumstances involve the loss of lives, and innocent lives." The final question concerned Kirkpatrick, who seems to think that her presidential ties grant her freer speech. The question to Haig was blunt: "Why is she still in the Administration?" Haig ho-ho-hoed his way out of that one, with some words about those "personal peccadilloes that tantalize you gentlemen so much...