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...Lebanese were taking such talk seriously. As an aide to President Gemayel said, "We cannot dismiss the possibility that at some point the Syrians could declare Lebanon's existence null and void [as they] annex the areas of Lebanon that are under their control." What is certain is that the Syrians are already trying to influence Lebanese politics by exerting pressure on a variety of factions within the beleaguered country to oppose the agreement. Last week a meeting of those factions was held in the northern Lebanese town of Zgharta...
...embracing the girl con my hand sub su coats." In that babel of cryptic foreign words, inscribed in an equally cryptic shorthand, Pepys confided to his diary all the earthiest details of his rakish life in London in the 1660s. There was plenty to confide. Mrs. Pepys made him dismiss the girl. Pepys gave his servant a lofty talk, warning her to "have a care for her honour and to fear God." He then paid her 20 shillings to tell him her next address. Pepys not only regularly deceived his wife but beat her. "She giving me some cross answer...
...case was debated in the Middlesex Third District Court--even through the Faculty voted to dismiss all criminal charges and discipline the students themselves. In court, the students argued that Glimp hadn't warned them of the bust, but all but four of the students were found guilty. They were given $20 fines...
...University formed a special committee to discipline the protestors, including students in the process. Those on trial boycotted the committee and refused to show up for their individual hearings. On June 10, 1969, two days before graduation, the special committee decided to dismiss three individuals and discipline 170 other students...
French, British and U.S. intelligence sources were quick to dismiss the possibility of any link between the French crackdown and expulsions elsewhere in Western Europe. French officials pointed out that the expelled Soviets had been under investigation long before Kuzichkin came in from the cold. Another hypothesis to help explain Mitterrand's move was the unresolved murder in mid-February of Lieut. Colonel Bernard Nut, a top French agent, although officials in Paris insisted that the incident was not "decisive" (see box). Analysts also rejected the theory that Mitterrand had been angered by the arrest a week earlier...