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...comprehensive settlement would probably dictate offering at least some Jordanian territory for a Palestinian homeland. Furthermore, any settlement negotiated by Hussein would be meaningless if the PLO forces that now oppose Arafat did not endorse it--hardly a likely scenario. The extremist faction, through terrorist attacks, could easily disrupt tentative settlement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whither Moderation? | 11/17/1983 | See Source »

...film's contract was also accepted because" it doesn't disrupt Harvard activity and it looks like a serious project," Heffron said...

Author: By Katherine M. Peterson, | Title: The Stars Are Out At Holyoke Center Despite New Policy | 11/8/1983 | See Source »

...found much remedy, only trouble. Notes Quandt: "The Marines needed to be part of a political process that was achieving some progress in order to have meaning. In the absence of such a process, they became sitting ducks for people who had all kinds of reasons to want to disrupt and provoke. They became targets rather than symbols of future stability." Another lesson, judging by the experience of the Syrians and the Israelis, is that attempts by outsiders to dominate Lebanon tend to end in failure, if not disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carnage in Lebanon | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

Three workers were severely burned yesterday when a fire broke out at a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) construction site in Kendelt Square. The blaze did not disrupt services, but caused delays of up to 15 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MBTA Fire | 10/27/1983 | See Source »

...diplomatic initiative that had begun with high expectations and that was to have broadened South Korea's ties to other nations in the region. Burma's President U San Yu condemned the bombing as a "premeditated and dastardly act" by terrorists who he said were seeking to disrupt relations between his government and South Korea. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi called the slayings "a great calamity, which deserves to be condemned." Said Australia's Prime Minister Bob Hawke: "No one can gain or draw satisfaction from this wanton act of terrorism." Both India and Australia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Korea: No Words for the Bitterness | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

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