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...another blow to hopes for peace in the region. U.S. relations with the Arab world, particularly with such moderate states as Saudi Arabia and Jordan, could be severely damaged. Most unsettling of all, despite the cease-fire that took effect on Friday, was the possibility that an all-out clash between Israel and Syria could spark a broader regional war and might even prompt the Soviets to intervene on behalf of Syria...
...indeed running out-and not just for the besieged Argentine soldiers. Britain's rapid drive toward the island capital had touched off an eleventh-hour flurry of diplomatic activity that sought to prevent a final bloody battle, which could make a bad situation worse. A head-on clash at Port Stanley could not only lead to appalling casualties on both sides but further inflame Latin American bitterness against both Britain and the U.S. It might also allow the Soviets to gain influence in a strategically important corner of the South Atlantic by offering aid to a beleaguered Argentina...
Seeking to avoid a potentially disastrous clash at Port Stanley, the U.S. was urging the Argentines to withdraw before the British drove them off the islands. Privately, American officials warned Buenos Aires that the U.S. could do nothing to prevent a British assault and that Argentina's bargaining position would be far weaker after a crushing military defeat...
Secretary of State Alexander Haig and U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick long feuded over the basic question of whether and when to side with the British in the Falklands dispute. The quarrel not only is a personality clash between two stubborn, prideful antagonists, but it reflects deep ideological splits within the Administration...
While the skilled four-character cast at Manhattan's Quaigh Theater becomes a trifle overwrought, Livingstone and Sechele is a fascinating study of culture clash. The opening scene is like a child's Garden of Eden. Sechele (Afemo) and his fifth wife Mokokon (Esther Ryvlin) are singing the alphabet under the tutelage of Livingstone (Mike Champagne) and his wife Mary (Prudence Wright Holmes...