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...purposes of the novel, Bogarde has invented a large island called Paradise in the Java Sea, and a well-born young captain named Rooke, an actor in civilian life, who is sent there as a replacement. Rooke's first responses to the island are dismay and drunkenness, but duty and friendship draw him into the life of his regiment and the battered port city where it is stationed...
Across the country, the nation's restive black communities reacted with dismay and concern but stayed quiet, in part because the identity and motive of the would-be killer (or killers) remained complete mysteries. Local officials insisted that there was no racial tension in Fort Wayne that would account for the coldblooded attempt to slay Jordan. The industrial city of 200,000-12% black-has had no serious racial incidents since the 1960s. Said Fort Wayne Mayor Winfield Moses Jr.: "Anyone who is expert with guns could have done this...
Anglo American has shown a devotion to liberal causes. Prominent among them is the goal of "black advancement," which the company has sought to promote through various recruitment schemes over the past five years. To the dismay of Chairman Harry Oppenheimer, 71, consultations with the company's black employees last year exposed most of those efforts as ineffective. A subsequent study came up with 33 recommendations for new programs. The blunt response from the chairman's office: "Accept them...
...Egyptians appear to share the European dismay that the U.S. has not done more to push Israel toward compromise. Since the last round of autonomy negotiations ended in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzlia two weeks ago, Cairo's negotiators have grumbled about the timid conceptual approach adopted by the U.S. at the bargaining table. Despite his valiant efforts to find common ground between the two sides, U.S. Special Middle East Ambassador Sol Linowitz has been criticized in Cairo for failing to rise above an arbitrator's role and assume a more forceful position in the negotiations...
...Jordanian command organization to supervise the Palestinians while their commandos move through Jordan. This means Jordan would permit P.L.O. guerrilla operations-provided that Amman is notified in advance and that the attacks are mounted inside the West Bank. Such a Jordanian decision would reflect both King Hussein's dismay over the state of U.S.-Jordanian relations, which he said last month were the poorest since he assumed the throne 27 years ago, and his conviction that the autonomy negotiations are at a dead...