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...assault on West Beirut, although many of his policies had been quietly endorsed by Begin. At a meeting of intimates, Sharon boasted: "I have the survivability of a superpower. No criticisms or opposition will harm me." On another occasion he remarked: "The dogs may bark, but the caravan goes on its way." Still, when Begin, angered by the inordinately heavy and prolonged bombardment of Beirut ordered by his Defense Minister, told Sharon to ease his attacks, there was no protest. Others who once opposed Begin, including even Moshe Dayan, were adroitly maneuvered out of the previous Cabinet. Says...
More important to Manning than high adventure and good times was the caravan of history he helped run. He relishes the memories. Warmest was John Kennedy back in New Ross, Ireland. Most moving was Gerald Ford's pilgrimage by helicopter to Valley Forge, Philadelphia, and the tall ships in New York Harbor on the nation's 200th birthday...
...their December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviets tried to root out the well-disciplined mujahedin of the lush Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul. TIME's William Dowell spent 22 days, disguised in a native tunic and baggy pantaloons, trekking over 16,000-ft. passes with a guerrilla caravan in order to witness the combat. Dowell's report...
...held a press conference in January 1981 to announce that if the beans were not turned over to him by Feb. 16, he would go get them. Some 3,000 farmers from Pennsylvania to California poured into Missouri's bootheel to help. On Feb. 18, Cryts led a caravan of 78 trucks, ranging from pickups to 18-wheelers, along Highway 60 to the padlocked elevator, where the group confronted a line of federal marshals and FBI agents...
...civilian members of the gang stole 600 cars from Southern California, then drove them across the border for sale at an average $14,000 apiece. One vehicle, a yellow Dodge van, was given by a DPS agent to Nassar. The thieves were known for their ruthlessness. When one southbound caravan of stolen cars was delayed by a slow-moving farmer's truck in Mexico, according to the Union, an agent simply shot the man to death. Beatings and gunplay were routine...