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...meeting with the Israelis on Sept. 16, Fady Frem said Hobeika would take his men into the Shatila camp, and both men said there would be a kasach (in Arabic, a chopping or slicing operation). General Drori ignored the evident implications of this remark and the go-ahead was given. Later Drori telephoned Sharon in Tel Aviv: "Our friends are moving into the camps. I coordinated their entrance with their top men." Replied Sharon: "Congratulations . . . The friends' operation is authorized." The Israeli Cabinet and Begin, who were getting only the information that Sharon wanted to pass on, then approved...
Typically, Watt never bothered to tell White House operatives that he was about to announce a go-ahead for the politically troublesome plan. Despite his propensity for imbroglios, says one Reagan aide, Watt "is not in trouble with the President." The aide thinks Watt is too confrontational. The boss's view? "The President," he sighs, "doesn't mind...
...spiritual Dolly Levi to his flock, personally matched up the couples-many had met for the first time only days before-and some, of different nationalities, were able to converse with their new mates only through interpreters. The newlyweds will now return home until Moon gives the go-ahead for them to move in with each other and consummate their nuptials-possibly not before 40 days...
...diameter), concave dishes mounted directly on homes and costing a couple of hundred dollars could become the newest generation of television receptors. Last week, in a decision likely to have considerable impact on the burgeoning video industry, the Federal Communications Commission voted to give the go-ahead to a new form of space-age television: DBS (direct broadcast satellite). Before too long, by installing rooftop antennas, viewers should be able to tune in TV signals beamed directly from satellites orbiting 22,300 miles above the earth-without dealing with middlemen like network stations or cable systems...
...with a kind of grim relish, and the defenders with a growing sense of defiance. Israel had actually massed its invasion forces four times near its northern border with Lebanon, then each time aborted a strike. But when the Israeli Cabinet finally gave Defense Minister Ariel Sharon the go-ahead for the attack at 11 a.m. on a sunny Sunday morning in Galilee, the impact was stunning, and the portents were both uncertain and ominous...