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...Israeli withdrawal, which completed the second phase of a three-phase pullout from Lebanon, was also greeted with relief by the Israelis. The Tyre region had been one of the most hazardous of the occupation, with roadside bombs and ambushes becoming almost routine. Israeli forces remain in a buffer zone stretching along the frontier, but they are expected to pull out altogether no later than early June. Some Israeli analysts, however, are questioning whether the military presence can be ended entirely. The betting is that the Israeli army will continue to operate on both sides of the border for some...
...THOUGH Willie's slurp were squashed into a shuffle and a whine. But Eddie's not an unlikeable guy; he's like an animated buffer zone. Eva, played with unself-conscious allure by Eszter Balint (formerly of the Hungarian Squat Theatre), is the film's discoverer of America. Her rare moments of enthusiasm are moments of anticipation: when she finally gets "there" (New York, Florida, Ohio) she basically discovers the meaning of disappointment. As four guide for the day, she points to a scene with an iron fence and a snowstorm and says, "Well, this is it. Eake Erie...
Reagan pads his margin while Mondale tries to buffer his party...
...between East and West Germany [WORLD, Sept. 17], the Soviets should realize that Germany is the flash point between NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries. Were Germany reunified as a neutral country and barred, like Japan, from building offensive forces, it would join Sweden, Austria and Yugoslavia as a buffer between the two groups. Both superpowers could then reduce their missiles and occupying armies...
...network crews were lined up three deep alongside such figures as Catania or President Reagan's Campaign Consultant Drew Lewis, turning the usual traffic jam in the aisles into human gridlock. Summed up Wallace: "There were two clear advantages to this assignment. One was that the layers of buffer between reporters and politicians were gone; they were all right there in front of you, ready to be engaged in conversation. The other was, if you like to appear on television, there was the chance to do so four or five times a night, although not necessarily with something exciting...