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...loss of the gunboat infuriated the followers of the Ayatullah Khomeini (who charged that the CIA was behind the exploit), the deed may well have brought a few quiet smiles to the faces of French officials. They had finally granted delivery of the ships only days before fears arose over the safety of 106 French citizens, whose departure from Iran was delayed by Islamic extremists two weeks ago. As the Iranians had promised, the French nationals were returned home last week just before the strange hijacking. The French government quickly disclaimed any responsibility for the three warships after they were...
Education. Reagan has promised to abolish this year-old Cabinet department, and last week its Secretary, Terrel Bell, suggested that the deed be done by transferring the programs to a new Government foundation, similar to the National Science Foundation. Bell prefers this approach over the option of returning the Education Department to the Department of Health and Human Services in the form...
...exchange of raids, the casualty figures so far greatly favor the Israelis. In deed, in the 18-month period ending July 1, only 21 Israelis were killed as a result of Palestinian attacks from Lebanon...
...thought of solely as a weapon. Some hold the dark theory that the U.S. used it against Japan in order to intimidate the Soviets, but clearly its central mission was to win and end a war. After that, however, the bomb became an instrument of policy rather than deed-a great cocked fist that would show off its power in tests from time to time, but otherwise remain immobile and silent, looming ever larger in the world's imagination. In a sense, the world's imagination became its accomplice. For 36 years the mere thought of the bomb...
...always been judged tacky - poor form, at best. Good form has always required reticence about one's virtues. To think well of oneself was one thing, but, under the traditional rules, it was quite an other to give voice to one's privately cultivated selfesteem. In deed, even if somebody else called attention to one's admirable points, one was supposed to disclaim the praise...