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...Vienna is reeling from the effects of overcrowding. Trails of beer and soft-drink cans festoon the mountainsides. Slashes that are cut into the forest to meet the demand for ski slopes create avalanches in the winter and mud slides in the summer. Salt scattered over ski runs to harden the snow now fouls water supplies, as do the tons of detergents from hotels and condominiums. Animals that need space, such as eagles, lynxes and hares, are disappearing. The contamination of mountain streams has put 70% of lower Bavaria's fish on the endangered list. And perhaps gravest...
...East, the redeployment and the thunder of U.S. naval batteries produced a different kind of apprehension. For the most part, the moderate Arab states were caught between a fear of weakening U.S. power and prestige in the region and a concern that increasingly direct U.S. confrontation with Syria would harden the lines between Arab states, on the one hand, and the U.S. and Israel, on the other. The latest U.S. military moves were particularly troubling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who, along with King Hussein of Jordan, is scheduled to meet with President Reagan in Washington on Tuesday. Mubarak...
...Culkins--we bring a Hey Hey and Ho Ho. Just one more reminder: That's stock's got to go. To veep Robin Schmidt and George Putnam as well On Mass Hall's behalf we'll just bid you farewell. Here's a rest cure in case any arteries harden: Try sunning yourself in the Fly Club's big garden...
Pinochet denounced the demonstrations as a Communist plot and vowed not to tolerate further opposition. "We will send the politicians back to their caves," he declared. "If it is necessary to harden the government, I'm going to harden it, push by push." The first push came the day after the demonstrations, when police arrested Seguel, who was taken from a friend's home and jailed for jeopardizing national security. Copper workers staged strikes at week's end to protest Seguel's arrest, halting production at three major mines. In an unusual television appearance, Pinochet adopted...
...instance he had to chase after a group of troops to get a shot. "I asked myself, Do you know what you're doing? Do you want to know? "he says. "But I kept running." He goes on to explain that some journalists who come to El Salvador harden themselves to the strife. "I don't get numb," Reed says flatty. "I am shocked too. But I'm trained to do my job, and if I don't, who else will...