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Furthermore, the incident had undoubtedly diminished the U.S. in Arab eyes. Once again the Arab world demonstrated the validity of an ancient proverb: "I and my brother against my cousin. But I, my brother and my cousin against the outsider." Syria is vastly unpopular within the Arab fold, but last week one Arab state after another condemned the U.S. raid. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Faisal, expressed his government's "deep concern," while Kuwait railed against the "flagrant aggression." Even Arafat, who has been practically driven into the sea by Syrian-supported P.L.O. rebels, issued a statement...
...fall when John Glenn showed he had the right stuff to be the Democratic presidential nominee. He would "define" himself both as a person and as a candidate. His organization would coalesce and transform Glenn's astronaut charisma into grass-roots support. Walter Mondale, meanwhile, was supposed to fold under pressure. His string of endorsements would prove worthless as uninspired voters looked for a candidate with more fire. As 1984 began, according to Glenn scenarists, the two men would be running neck and neck...
...Harvard men's basketball squad the one that's supposed to fold quicker under pressure than Joe Namath's knees...
...deficit has caused disaffection in Washington among officials who him that the Economics department professor is "playing to Harvard" and seeking to maintain "academic largely" in the midst of the President's economic programs. But what this recent rift reveals is perhaps something more interesting officials within the fold of the President's economic advisers are beginning to pick sides. According to reports in The New York Times, the President if on the advice of the Secretary of the Treasury Donold F. Regan and the Secretary of State George P. Schuitz, who apparently misses his former calling as an economist...
...stupid," chided Majority Leader James Wright. "They've made a foolish gesture, subject to misunderstanding in their districts." Indeed, after two days of rebuke by their leaders and angry buttonholing by the powerful education lobby, all but twelve of the dissident Democrats came back to the fold. The continuing resolution, with a $1 billion hike in education and other social programs attached, passed the House...