Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...community cultural center in the Israeli border town of Qiryat Shemona, were aptly symbolic. In the Khalde ceremony, Lebanese Negotiator Antoine Fattal held his chin in knit fingers, and his eyes were downcast. He applauded politely but without enthusiasm when his Israeli counterpart, David Kimche, made a brief speech praising the agreement that was about to be signed. Lebanese President Amin Gemayel summed up his countrymen's attitude when he later declared, "Lebanon is not holding celebrations today. Lebanon's real feast will come on the day the external forces leave our territory...
With those stinging volleys, Britain's brief election season opened on a decidedly contentious note. The harsh rhetoric was hardly surprising. Thatcher's decision to cut short her five-year term and call elections for June 9 was calculated to take advantage of disarray within the Labor Party and exploit the image of Foot as an ineffectual leader. With the inflation rate hovering at 4%, down from a high of 22% in 1980, Thatcher gambled that British voters would not want to risk jeopardizing an economic recovery, or Britain's commitment to a strong nuclear defense...
...Vegas headliners included, are simply along for the ride. Although he now shoots in the high 80s, Hope still has the picture-book swing he had when he was a four-handicap player. "You know what I'd really like to do this year?" he says, for a brief moment thoughtful. "I'd like to get my golf game back. I'd be really happy if I could break 80 again...
...campaign will be brief, but the election will present British voters with their starkest choice in a half-century. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has steered her Conservative Party hard to the right over the past four years. At the same time, the Labor Party, under the lackluster and ineffectual leadership of Michael Foot, offers a platform that is more leftist than ever before. The Social Democratic Party/Liberal Alliance, which is competing in general elections for the first time, adds a new element of uncertainty to the contest. Said Labor M.P. Tony Benn: "This is going to be the most fundamental...
...once noble Republic. They will have only enough outward action to keep the plot moving. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the elderly Jedi who was played by Alec Guinness in the Star Wars series, and Darth Vader will be seen as younger men, while Luke Skywalker may make a brief appearance as a baby in Episode...