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...removed from the danger and discomfort of West Beirut, in both a physical and symbolic sense, was the residence of U.S. Ambassador Robert Dillon. The house, from which Negotiator Habib has been operating for almost a month, is comfortably situated in the hills outside East Beirut. The tough and tight-lipped Habib has had little to say in public about the progress of negotiations, but it is known that he sternly told the Israelis to remove their ring of tanks from around the palace of his neighbor, Lebanese President Elias Sarkis, who happens to live across the road...
...book which was first described by The Boston Globe this week, will be written by Albert B. Carnesale, professor of Public Policy and Academic Dean at the Kennedy School of Government Paul M Dots Mallinck rodt Professor of the Civilization of France Samuel P. Huntington. Dillon Professor of International Affairs; and Joseph S. Nye professor of government...
...middle of the second stormy session of the National Salvation Committee, Habib was summoned to the palace from the nearby residence of U.S. Ambassador Robert Dillon. Strongly urging the Americans to get Israel to cease hostilities, the committee informed Habib that they had agreed to a Palestinian plan for saving West Beirut. The P.L.O. proposals reportedly called for 1) an Israeli pullback to a distance of five kilometers from the capital, 2) the reopening of the Beirut-Damascus highway and 3) the return of the guerrillas to Palestinian refugee camps in and around Beirut, with the Lebanese army assuming...
...Anne's spirit moving through her body. In E.T., Dee Wallace has some quietly affecting scenes as Elliott's mother, who cannot quite hide from her children the ache of loneliness at her husband's desertion. In Spielberg's previous features, only one actor (Melinda Dillon, in Close Encounters) was nominated for an Academy Award. That figure should change next year, and Spielberg should emerge from under his portable cloud of Mr. Special Effects...
Although he has no definite reading plans for the summer. Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley Hoffmann says that he has always wanted to consume the works of Proust and Musset some time. But, for students, he recommends that this be the year...