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...emigrants from Greece, and a Republican himself until the mid-1960s, Tsongas abandoned some of his own New Deal assumptions well before Reagan's victory. The crux of Tsongas' revisionism was a rejection of the belief that government can solve all social problems with new programs, an acknowledgment that capital formation and business growth are important for a healthy economy, and the realization that military resolve and a hard-nosed foreign policy are necessary to counter the Soviet threat. Tsongas, who was elected to the Senate in 1978, was singled out as a potential spokesman...
...crux of the crisis was Syria's deployment two weeks ago of three batteries of Soviet-made SA-6 antiaircraft missiles in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. Israel continued to demand that the missiles be removed from Lebanon and threatened military action. It was not as though the missiles were there merely for show, after all. On several occasions last week, Syria fired a succession of the SA-6s and managed to shoot down a pilotless Israeli reconnaissance drone...
...South West Africa Territory Force headquartered at Omega, a base camp in Namibia's northeastern Caprivi Strip. Assigned on a rotating basis to South African fighting units, the traditionally unwarlike Bushmen have distinguished themselves in combat. Five have been killed; one was posthumously awarded the Honoris Crux, one of the highest military decorations. Their tracking skills have introduced a new element to the counterinsurgency tactics. "They have fantastic eyesight," says a South African lieutenant, "and they can navigate in the bush without a compass or map." The Bushmen, in fact, were given their name, "Bosman," by 17th century Dutch...
First place conceded, the interesting part of the meet will be a tight battle for second place by three equally strong teams: Harvard (who grabbed second last year), Tufts, and B.C. The crux of the battle will center around the half mile event, coming in the latter half of the meet. Harvard's Martha Clabby and Eva Anderson give the tracksters a good shot at a one-two finish, but it seems that every team involved boasts a star half miler so the contest should be especially tight...
...incumbency. When Carter challenged President Gerald Ford, he led by 35 points in the polls. That lead dwindled through the fall until Carter managed to edge out Ford by only one point, and might have lost if the campaign had gone on another week or two. "The real crux of the problem is the nature of being a challenger," says Caddell...