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...object would not be to safeguard Pakistan against an all-out Soviet attack. As Defense Secretary Harold Brown put it last week, that is "not something the Pakistanis themselves would be able to cope with no matter how much equipment they have...
Moscow was also making its presence felt in the area. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko flew to Damascus to shore up relations with Syrian President Hafez Assad, who could use the Kremlin's help to cope with his troubles. Assad's nine-year-old regime, dominated by the minority Alawite sect, has been challenged for its repression and corruption by rightist Muslims; relations with neighboring Iraq have deteriorated, and Syria was the only major Arab state that stayed away from the Islamabad summit...
...people, including four youngsters asleep in a Westminster basement, the walls along the Thames were elevated to more than 5 meters (17 ft.) above the mean water level. More recently, the height has been increased to nearly 6 meters (19 ft.). But even these towering embankments could not cope with an extreme combination of circumstances. While Thames tides normally do not exceed 4.6 meters (15 ft.), the level can be pushed far higher by sudden onslaughts of water. In 1976, a 2.4-meter (8 ft.) surge was recorded on a low tide. If such a surge came atop...
...Aunt Erma's Cope Book, Bombeck...
...custody, whether by agreement or by court ruling, he faces lots of adjustments. If his work hours are a problem, he may have to find a new job. Most single fathers rely on female friends or parents to help; day care is often a must. Yet most appear to cope and find the sacrifices worthwhile. Says Brandeis University Sociologist Kristine Rosenthal: "It is very interesting to see what it does to a man to pay the kind of attention to children that women usually do." Her study of 130 single dads showed that they became "more people-oriented" and less...