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...Gemayel stopped in France to confer with King Hussein of Jordan, who was vacationing near Nice. In Washington the Lebanese President warned his hosts that if the U.S. did not persuade both Israel and Syria to withdraw their troops from Lebanon soon, his fragile government could collapse. Gemayel also expressed his opposition to Israel's redeployment plan. Said he: "The partial withdrawal gives the impression, unfortunately, and I can't believe it, that the U.S. effort has failed...
...only professional school for lawyers, judges and prosecutors. A mere 457 passed. Graduates find the law no stepping stone to prominence. None of Japan's 16 postwar Prime Ministers, for instance, has been a lawyer. Only 51 of the 763 Diet members are attorneys. Nor does the position confer wealth. Only 20% make more than $43,000 annually...
...tumult of applause, Yuri Andropov's strained face stared ahead without a smile. Hurriedly, the leadership pushed through the session's most important item of business. After an effusive nominating speech by Konstantin Chernenko, Andropov's principal rival on the Politburo, the delegates voted unanimously to confer upon Andropov the ceremonial but authoritative post of President of the Soviet Union...
President Bok will confer honorary degrees this morning on one woman and five men, including Katharine Graham, the chairman of the board of the Washington Post company, and Meyer Schapiro, one of the world's foremost art critics and historians...
President Bok this morning will confer honorary degrees...