Word: greats
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Surely the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose credo was peace, love and nonviolence, would be appalled to see his disciples involved in discussion with an organization that espouses wanton violence as its modus operandi. Its covenant openly calls for Israel's destruction, and yet this is the group with which Israel is being pressured to deal. Israel has never rejected dialogue with Palestinians, but those who openly oppose the P.L.O. are assassinated. It is essential that the world recognize that the terms P.L.O. and Palestinians are not synonymous...
...remarkable conclusion? The intelligence did not seem to be faulty so much as underused. Explained Ray Cline, former Deputy Director for Intelligence of the CIA and now executive director for studies at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies: "It's one of the really great intelligence problems: where to put your talent and your time." In recent years, intelligence has concentrated on the areas of greatest concern: the Middle East and SALT. Given higher priority in Washington, the Soviets could have been detected much sooner. The best intelligence that money can buy still depends...
...Mostly, McMullen said, he just strolled into gun shops, cash in hand, and bought whatever weapons he wanted, but on occasion the approaches got a bit dicey. Said he: "One night I'm standing at the door of this busy nightclub, and up comes a guy with this great bloody carpet over his shoulder. He says he's got something to show me. So I tell him to get the hell out of the doorway and meet me in the basement. He unrolls the carpet and there's four Winchester rifles" plus submachine guns and handguns. McMullen...
...must be taken, and decisions on how to translate the Camp David 'framework' into a full-bodied autonomy will have to be taken very soon ... If the idea of autonomy is sunk not because of P.L.O. sabotage but due to differences between Egypt and Israel, then the great achievements of the past two years, manifested in the open camaraderie between 'My friend Premier Begin' and 'My good friend President Sadat' may yet be endangered...
...Harvard's defensive backfield is probably the only area in which the team could enjoy a reasonable amount of depth. Joe Restic shudders a bit as he says, "We can't afford to get anybody hurt. Our drop-off is so great (from the first to second string...