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...same way that in 1956 the Hungarian crisis offered Israel a convenient distraction when it joined Britain and France in an attempt to seize the Suez Canal. Indeed, Begin's legislative blitzkrieg came less than a day after Secretary of State Alexander Haig had been forced to cancel a seven-nation tour that included a brief visit to Tel Aviv, in order to attend to the Polish crisis...
...military contracting can be troublesome too, despite the vaunted plans of the Reagan Administration. The U.S. Navy announced last week that it was planning to cancel the purchase of at least $1.25 billion worth of Lockheed's P-3C Orion antisubmarine aircraft in order to save money for other programs...
...what kept them together. This is no doubt deliberate--a modern, detached paradigm of "bohemian" relationships, all that petty squabbling and navel-gazing. Only in the second half of the movie, when they have no scenes together, do we become emotionally involved in their relationship. The Soviets cancel Reed's travel plans, the Finns throw him in prison, and Bryant makes her long, surreptitious trek across snowy landscapes and gazes out longingly over icy lakes. We want to see that teary embrace so badly that by the time we get there Beatty's got us; he takes his time...
...years, some air travelers have booked seats on several flights to the same destination and then boarded the one of their choice without bothering to cancel their other reservations, leaving the spurned carriers with empty seats. This old problem has become even worse since the air controllers walked off the job because passengers are even more fearful of missing a flight or being delayed. The day before Thanksgiving was a near disaster for many airlines. Some 25% of Delta's passengers at its hub airport in Atlanta were so-called no-shows...
...palace hushed as the ailing, 74-year-old guest rose ponderously from his chair. While his host, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, unceremoniously popped a stick of chewing gum into his mouth, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev began to deliver his first public statement since President Ronald Reagan offered to cancel deployment of new U.S.-built nuclear missiles in Western Europe if the Soviets would dismantle the counterparts in their growing arsenal...