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...alleged U.S. "green light" for Israel's action in Lebanon: We never asked for green lights or yellow lights, We are an independent state. But we are allies of the U.S. We consult with each other. When we have problems, we clarify them, but no pressure whatsoever is being exerted. [U.S. Ambassador Samuel] Lewis brought me a message from Secretary Haig stating that the U.S. would like to continue with diplomatic efforts, and they advised what is usually called restraint...
...Chrysler assembly line. The Indian, after all, has passed from "alienation" into a degradation that is almost mystical. In Nicaragua, the average 19-year-old peasant has worked longer and harder than most Americans of middle age. Americans prone to restlessness about the spiritual disappointments of work should consult unemployed young men and women in their own ghettos: they know with painful clarity the importance of the personal dignity that a job brings...
...findings. "The record demonstrates," he said, "that they acted not with criminal intent, but in the belief that they had grants of authority reaching to the highest levels of Government." That was too much for Special Prosecutor John Nields, already miffed by the White House's failure to consult him before acting. Said Nields: "Whoever wrote that 'criminal intent' language doesn't know the facts. The jury heard the facts for eight weeks and found precisely that. That's what the trial was all about...
...Haig jetted off to consult officials in Rome, Madrid, London, Paris and Bonn, there was some concern that the Secretary of State-indeed, the Reagan Administration itself-might be engaging in verbal overkill in warning about the dangers of Soviet expansionism. In his meeting with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, for example, Haig speculated that the Soviet Union might have inspired the Syrian assault in Lebanon possibly to divert attention from the Polish crisis. The consensus of Western diplomats in the Middle East is that the Syrians acted on their...
Except for a 45-minute lunch in the company cafeteria, Saito sat at his desk most of the time. But he did not feel isolated. Said he: "Never do I feel like a cog in a huge impersonal machine." Occasionally he went off to consult with the experts on the assembly line. Most of this afternoon was spent writing and revising an English-language manual for a new " TV-set model. Then at 4:45 p.m., he | and his colleagues stood and again sang the Matsushita song. That was not, however, the end of Saito's day. He returned...