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...seven people present at the first meeting belonged to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and said they expected the event to be, in part, a platform for the views of their association (DSA supports a two-state solution). Second of all, when I suggested we might want to enlist the help of some people from Hillel, the Jewish center, or from HERZI, the Zionist alliance the idea was instantly rejected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Biased Forum | 11/6/1982 | See Source »

...Israel, and indeed the world, wanted to know the chain of events that had led to the massacre and to what degree the Begin government was culpable. In the welter of contradictory reports, certain facts were incontrovertible. Top Israeli officers planned many months ago to enlist the Lebanese Forces, made up of the combined Christian militias then headed by Bashir Gemayel, to enter the Palestinian refugee camps once an Israeli encirclement of West Beirut had been completed. This plan was prepared at a time when the camps were still used as bases by the Palestine Liberation Organization. On several occasions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crisis of Conscience | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

Harvard's program developed by a panel of College officials after President Bok voiced concern last year over the level of public service activity among undergraduates would enlist students to help meet "community needs" through a series of House based groups. Each House would apparently be responsible for dispatching undergraduate volunteers to different Cambridge or Boston communities...

Author: By Lavea Brahman, | Title: PBH, Harvard at Odds Over Volunteer Program | 9/30/1982 | See Source »

...subsidized by a special discretionary fund at Bok's disposal after which time it is expected to become either self supporting or to disperse. The project is receiving $2000 in University funds this year. The office of Career Services and Off Campus Learning will work with the project to enlist the help of students taking leaves of absence...

Author: By Lavea Brahman, | Title: PBH, Harvard at Odds Over Volunteer Program | 9/30/1982 | See Source »

Joining the Deuxième in Lebanon are several hundred troops of an equally distinguished unit. The Troisième RPIM (Third Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) was formed in French-held Algeria during World War II. To bolster its ranks the Troisième sent recruiters to. London to enlist Frenchmen who had escaped from the occupied mainland. After parachuting into France, the force went on to take part in the jubilant liberation of Paris. In 1948 the Troisième was sent to Indochina, where it was cited for bravery in the battle of Dien Bien...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First, the French Foreign Legion | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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