Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continuing to support the Christian Democrats in a center-left government. They may insist, for example, on getting two of the three key Cabinet seats-Interior, Defense and Foreign Affairs. If they are denied, they could threaten to form a popular front with the Communists, since together they command more than 45% of Italy's votes. But they are reluctant to do this, partly out of fear of being overwhelmed, partly out of loyalty to the West and skepticism that the Communists would really remain in NATO...
...mandate in Korea under which the American troops are stationed south of the DMZ. Washington will keep the American forces in place no matter what happens at the U.N., since only the Security Council, where the U.S. has a veto, can actually abolish the command. There is speculation that the U.S. will agree to discuss the removal of its troops from under the U.N. command structure before a vote is taken in the General Assembly. In either case, the resulting propaganda gains for Pyongyang would be an unwanted sign to Seoul of the extent to which the hated North...
...would protect moderates like Sadat from attacks by radical Arabs, notably the hard-lining Palestinians. In Tripoli last week, Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is feuding with Sadat, met with George Habash, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Ahmed Jabril of the P.F.L.P.-General Command, both of whom are far to the left of Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat. With Gaddafi, Habash and Jabril they denounced Sadat's disengagement policy, insisted that Suez was properly the "canal of the Arabs" and not Egypt's alone, and warned against "an American plot...
...Week called Duel, which amply demonstrated his talents. A chilling little tale of a motorist pursued through the Southwest by a semi whose driver is never seen, Duel got Spielberg his first feature, The Sugarland Express. It was a movie with the sort of brio and elaborate technical command that made Spielberg, in the producers' view, just the man for Jaws. "I wanted to do Jaws for hostile reasons," said Spielberg. "I read it and felt that I had been attacked. It terrified me, and I wanted to strike back...
...Syria and Iraq over the sharing of Euphrates River water. Last week Syria unexpectedly deferred that confrontation by promising to release more Euphrates water for Iraq from behind the new, slowly filling Tabqa Dam. Syrian President Hafez Assad also scheduled a visit to Jordan to discuss a joint military command with King Hussein. The idea has been proposed in the past and abandoned; the latest move was more significant as a demonstration of Syria's willingness to improve even further its relations with the beleaguered Hussein, who was isolated by other Arab leaders for opposing claims by the Palestine...