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...cover story dealt with the published findings of a commission headed by Israel's Supreme Court president, Yitzhak Kahan. The killings, which began two days after the assassination of Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel, were carried out by Christian Phalangist militiamen. The Kahan commission concluded that Sharon had ordered the militiamen into the camps and bore "indirect responsibility" for what had happened. "It is impossible to justify the Minister of Defense's disregard of the danger of a massacre," said the commission report. Sharon resigned his post two days after the findings were released...
...Kampuchean regime of Heng Samrin, who is widely considered to be a Vietnamese puppet. From Hanoi's point of view, the operation was a success: between 89 and 103 guerrillas were killed or wounded in the action, while Vietnamese casualties were presumed to be much lighter. Moreover, the attack dealt a blow to the Khmer Front, the major non-Communist element in the close to 60,000-member guerrilla coalition that is continuing to resist the 1978 Vietnamese invasion of Kampuchea...
...Washington on his White House salary (currently $72,000 a year). His resignation came on the day that a Wall Street Journal article raised questions about the propriety of his wife allegedly earning more than $50,000 a year as a public relations consultant handling some clients who have dealt with her husband at the White House. Chief of Staff James Baker insisted that "there is absolutely no connection" between the timing of Deaver's exit and the Journal story. Deaver reportedly has been offered more than $200,000 a year to head the Washington office of Burson-Marsteller...
...liberals, Hart mixes in gushy descriptions of the weather, glowing and predictable accounts of football "gladiators", and very specific indictments of the administration for stoking the degenerate liberal ethos. In some of those cases, the Dartmouth administration seems in the wrong. For instance, Hart points out, the administration dealt severely with the student who was dressed as an Indian, the rallying point for Dartmouth conservatives, but it took no notice of another group of "minority students" who destroyed a traditional snow sculpture when the suspension was cased...
...Homework Hotline, he really wants to understand." Hotline opens the phones on its special number, 1-800-LASTUDY, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., with the teachers joined by a squad of college student tutors who help keep up with the weekly average of 600 calls. Routine questions are dealt with quickly. The more intriguing ones like Kellenberger's are held over to be showcased next...