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...Commission. Generals Saguy and Yaron have resigned, to be joined by Chief of Staff Rafael Eytan who retires in April Compelled not by an admission of complicity but, rather, by the sears of their own negligence, these men have honored the findings, choosing to resign rather than to appear defiant...
...Pins, a seaside oasis outside the Algerian capital, was the first by the P.L.O.'s unofficial parliament-in-exile since the organization's military defeat by Israeli forces and the subsequent evacuation of its fighters from Beirut last August. Amid the tearful reunions, there was a defiant sense of triumph that the meeting was taking place at all, a public affirmation that the P.L.O. had not been destroyed by Israeli military might. Declared P.L.O. Spokesman Ahmed Abdel Rahman: "This meeting is an open message to the Arab world, to the U.S., and above all to Israel that...
Armed with red, white and blue charts detailing the Soviet military threat, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger marched up to Capitol Hill to erect a defiant rampart around his $239 billion share of the $848 billion budget. After three days of crossfire from Congressmen of both parties, the Iron Duke of Defense emerged battered but unbending. "We simply cannot reduce defense spending any further without undermining the security of the United States," he adamantly declared...
...other Harvard experts interviewed saw in the speech growing political realism in the President, considered by some a hard-lined ideologue. Richard E. Neustadt, Littauer Professor of Public Administration said that Reagan's speech showed increasing concern with political opposition in the House, which has become increasingly defiant of Reagan in recent months. "At this juncture it's too difficult to tell if he's acting out of calculated bargaining or simple conviction," the former advisor to John F. Kennedy '40 said. Neustadt noted that when Presidents are facing serious opposition, they usually ask for more than they want...
...swept Walesa up the stairs to his waiting wife Danuta. She quickly dispatched them with a bottle of vodka and the stern warning, "Don't you dare intern my husband again!" Then, before turning in for the night, Walesa pulled aside the living room draperies and flashed a defiant V-for-victory sign to cheering supporters. It was a scene both comic and joyful, but devoid of triumph. Walesa's independent union Solidarity, which was formally banned by the government on Oct. 8, lies in ruins...