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There were few grounds for optimism last week. Lebanese, Israeli and U.S. negotiators held their 26th meeting to discuss the conditions under which Israel would withdraw its 35,000 troops from Lebanon. They made no substantial progress, and on Thursday U.S. Special Envoy Philip Habib flew back to Washington for consultations. Administration officials charged privately that Israel was stalling in order to thwart any prospect for broader peace talks. Apparently frustrated by Israeli intransigence, and perhaps to give King Hussein some timely encouragement, President Reagan said last week that the U.S. would continue to hold up delivery...
Three days later, however, Nkomo fled. After an all-night drive in a Land Rover along bush roads, he reached the border of Botswana, where he sought temporary refuge. At week's end, Nkomo flew by private chartered aircraft to Johannesburg, where he boarded a British Airways flight to London. There was no way of telling whether his exile would prove to be temporary or permanent. In Zimbabwe, the government detained his wife and three other members of his family. Later, authorities announced that Nkomo's wife had been released on unspecified "humanitarian grounds," although the other family...
Some of them drove some of them flew, a few of them even took a train, but no matter how they got to Cambridge they were all in sections 16, 17, and 18 of Bright Hockey Center last night decked out in green, cheering on the Michigan State hockey team...
...four-man Harvard croquet team finished second at the 15 team National Collegiate Tournament in Palm Beach. Fla last weekend Harvard tell to Florida when the malletmen flew home early, missing the doubles and singles finals so Brad Farkas could take a Monday morning hourly. Farkas and junior Kent Karlock reached the doubles final and Karlock made the singles final, while the pair of Peter Kelly and senior Gordon Bloom finished fifth in the doubles...
...would enhance their case for continued military aid, while blunting any call by the Pope for a negotiated settlement. Richard Stone, a former Democratic Senator from Florida who was appointed special ambassador for "public diplomacy" earlier this year, handled the task. Accompanied by two National Security Council staffers, Stone flew to San Salvador two weeks ago. In secret meetings he urged the leaders to announce the new election plan last Sunday, the very day of the Pope's visit. Until then, Stone argued, Americans should keep the plan secret to ensure that it would appear to be a purely...