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Like a cancer checked in one organ only to flare up in another, factional fighting erupted again in Lebanon last week. Premier Rashid Karami's reluctant decision to order army units into the northern sector of the country (TIME, Sept. 22) finally halted the violence around Tripoli. But Lebanon's second largest city had hardly quieted down when street warfare broke out in Beirut for the fourth time since last April. More than 100 people were killed in several days of shooting and bombing in the capital before a tenuous truce was negotiated at week...
What made the flare of violence in Sacramento especially baffling and frightening for leading American politicians was the fact that Jerry Ford seemed to be as free of the danger of assassination as any man could be−a friendly father figure who excited neither envy nor hatred. But Squeaky Fromme had discovered her own reasons to dislike the man. With Sandra Good, her roommate and another member of the Manson "family," Fromme issued a statement to the press two months ago equating Ford with Richard Nixon, the man whom the clan has always blamed as the source...
Fantasy Father. Some patients hope to punish their absent therapists by performing impulsive, even dangerous acts. Suicide attempts or threats are not uncommon. People under treatment for psychosomatic illnesses like asthma or ulcerative colitis have experienced violent flare-ups of their diseases while their psychiatrists were away. Swartz recalls that one debt-ridden patient suddenly took out a loan for a new Mercedes...
...frame-up. Chapters of the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case have sprung up round the country. Invoking the Freedom of Information Act, the Meeropols themselves have formally requested a number of Government agencies to unlock the Rosenberg files. The case seems due for one of its periodic flare...
...ultimate test, of course, will be world stability. Détente is in some jeopardy because the Soviets may refuse to permit sufficient Jewish emigration, thus losing their recently granted most-favored-nation status. Crises could flare up in Viet Nam, Cambodia, the Middle East?testing the mettle of the President as many of his predecessors have been challenged...