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Likewise in Lebanon, the stakes of U.S. involvement in the multinational peace force are viewed as far greater than the professed goal of facilitating the withdrawal of Syrian and Israeli forces. American presence has made possible the survival of the government there, at least for the moment, and helped fend off another Arab-Israeli war. In that region too, Reagan argued...
...rejected the $600 request for airfare to fly television host Richard Dawson to Cambridge to perform in Mather's version of the game show "Family Fend," because "didn't look precise enough" and was not an event that benefitted the entire University, according to Eckstein...
...weatherman, imported 50 London cabs at about $14,000 apiece and set them loose on the route between Jidda and the airport. With a few modifications, Khon-kar's cars carry their passengers in as stately a manner in the desert as they did in the fog. To fend off the heat, their black bodies have been painted white, and air conditioners have been installed. The steering column has been shifted from right to left, and the chuggy diesel motors used in London have been replaced with smoother-running gasoline engines. Although the London cabs have an ungainly body...
...rock star.") Richard Avedon has photographed Eddie for the cover of Rolling Stone; in its September issue, Playgirl will proclaim him one of the ten sexiest men in America; he has thunderstormed his family and friends with costly gifts. But not even Sir Derrick of the Round Table can fend off the demands on King Eddie's time. "I have no privacy at all," Eddie notes solemnly. "It used to be that I couldn't walk down the street in peace. Now I'm followed by people even when I go for a drive. They want...
Sotheby's sees Taubman as a White Knight who will fend off an unfriendly takeover attempt by two other wealthy Americans, Marshall Cogan and Stephen Swid. Cogan and Swid head General Felt Industries, a New Jersey maker of carpet backing, and Knoll International, a manufacturer of office furniture. The two, both art collectors, acquired 29.9% of Sotheby's stock and announced that they wanted to buy the rest. Sotheby's was apoplectic. Chief Executive Graham Llewellyn threatened to "blow my brains out" if the bid succeeded, and Sotheby's staff of experts in London warned they...