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...also hotly challenging Republican incumbents in Nebraska and Illinois, states that were on Reagan's itinerary last week. At an Omaha rally for Governor Charles Thone, who is in a tight race with Democrat Bob Kerrey, the President preached his faith in economic recovery with a religious fervor. "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning," he said, borrowing from Psalm 30. "America has endured a long terrible night of economic hardship, but we are seeing the first welcome bursts of sunshine...
...addition to recreating Motown fervor. Dancin' in the Street! supplements it. Comments by the dancers like "I ain't goin' nowhere!" and "Oh my goodness. I can't stand it no more" verbalize the sentiments of all who have suppressed joyous emotions when hearing Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson grab for our hearts through...woofers and tweeters. The "My Guy/My Girl" duet performed by Edna Davis and Lewis Robinson similarly brings to fruition a fantasy: the blending of the two songs which epitomize utter faithfulness...
Israeli citizens, and even once-fiercely loyal soldiers like Yitzchak, are losing some of their legendary fervor for national goals. Many, like the young Jewish soldier, have misgivings about what they see as the unduly militaristic policies of Prime Minister Menachem Begin, particularly the recently-concluded war in Lebanon against the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...Harnett was one of the new breed of conservative Congressmen swept into office in the Reagan triumph of 1980. Once a Democrat, the South Carolinian switched par ties after George McGovern's nomination in 1972, and he carries with him some of the fervor of the convert. Though he helped Reagan win his budget battles last year, he was put in an agonizing predicament by the tax bill. "I'm philosophically opposed," drawled Hartnett the day before the vote. "You don't cut Government by giving it more money. You've got to starve the bureaucrats...
...have reached the end of our sorrows," Lebanese Prime Minister Chafik al Wazzan declared with heartfelt fervor last week, then quickly added, "at least on paper." And so it seemed. In mid-afternoon last Saturday, a force of about 450 fighting men of the Palestine Liberation Organization left Beirut by sea bound for Cyprus, | thereby setting in motion the evacuation of some 7,000 P.L.O. guerrillas from the Lebanese capital. The event was both dramatic and historic, since it marked the end not only of the ten-week Israeli siege of West Beirut but of the PL.O.'s twelve...