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...alliance hopes to administer the parts of northern and eastern Lebanon that are now under the control of the Syrian army. Gemayel responded to the new challenge by calling the opposition front a "soap bubble" and accusing the Druze chieftain of selling out to the Syrians. Franjieh, on the other hand, hinted that the front would be willing to negotiate with the government. "If the regime resorts to democracy in dealing with us, we shall do the same," he declared. "But if it resorts to nondemocratic methods, then the future is in God's hands...
After leading Labor to its worst defeat since 1918, Foot was expected to announce at the party's convention this October that he would step down. But the hapless chieftain did not even have the privilege of announcing his own departure; instead, an overeager union official named Clive Jenkins made the news public after a chat with the party boss...
What did transpire was a methodical, almost machine-like Chieftain dismembering of a Crimson squad that Coach John Wentzell described as suffering "post-Ivy [tournament] depression...
...after the first inning, the Crimson did not get anything going. Both offensively and defensively the batwomen looked inept. At the plate, Harvard managed only four hits against Stovall, even though the batwomen were consistently making contact with the Chieftain's fastballs...
Yasir Arafat had the opportunity last week to dissociate himself from the mafioso style of politics that has long characterized inner PLO circles. Instead, speaking to reporters in North Yemen, the guerrilla chieftain, in an unfounded and preposterous charge, blamed Israeli agents for the Sartawi assassination. Despite such consistently irresponsible behavior, a number of European governments--Greece and Austria among-them--have established close relationships with PLO representatives. The PLO, they argue, should be welcomed into the diplomatic community by both the United States and Israel as the legitimate voice for Palestinian national aspirations...