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...said he is not yet sure how much the letter means to him, as he has received "many other letters in support of the dean," including one from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.). Bok has not planned any action over this most recent flare of controversy until he speaks to Hiatt and Torrens...
...Syrian army -would clearly threaten the outcome of those negotiations. So far, the Israelis' reaction to the fighting has been limited. They have provided the Christians with medical aid, and presumably some weapons, but they have not bombed and strafed Palestinian and Muslim strongholds as in previous Lebanese flare...
...replied: "Why do you want to set limits on Divine Providence?") Even so, the health factor swiftly eliminated one attractive candidate, Brazil's Aloisio Lorscheider, 54, who had just spent two or three days in a hospital intensive-care unit for what was reported to be a third flare-up of heart trouble in three months. Aides later said he was simply suffering from exhaustion. Lorscheider, who underwent heart surgery two years ago, was well enough to make the trip to Rome, however, and will play an important role in the large, if ideologically divided, Latin American group...
...ideological and tactical disputes between the two wings of the nationalist Patriotic Front-Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union and the Zimbabwe African National Union led by Marxist Robert Mugabe. As more of the Rhodesian countryside falls to the rebels, squabbling over territory could easily flare into fighting. Efforts by Nyerere and other front-line leaders to heal the breach have been to no avail. "We have been working to get them to build a single army, but we have failed,'' admitted Nyerere with a sigh. "What I fear is the possibility that once Smith...
...drinking "a lot of whisky," Willie has been through many drug scenes, including pills, acid, mescaline and cocaine (which he didn't like). He is now a confirmed marijuana smoker. When he goes too long between tokes he says he gets "hyper." His famous quick temper begins to flare at insistently ringing phones (he rips them out of the wall), officious security guards or-a special vexation-closed doors. "I can't tell you how many doors he has kicked down," laughs Connie. "Sometimes he even has the key in his pocket...