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...more damaging to their position than a protracted wait. Begin and his aides are taking into account three main reasons for avoiding an armed assault on West Beirut: fear of heavy casualties among Israeli troops, the risk of a high civilian death toll, and the possibility of causing serious harm to Jerusalem's ties with Washington. The Reagan Administration believes that Israel may have violated its arms agreements with the U.S. by deploying U.S.-supplied military equipment in the invasion of Lebanon...
Whatever the public climate, committee members stood by their conclusions last week. Said Stanford Law Professor John Kaplan: "Frankly, I don't think we're being treated very well." Argued Stanford Psychologist Richard Thompson: "The report was very fairminded. We are concerned with the long-term harmful effects of marijuana use. But we are also concerned about the possible harm that can be done to kids by throwing them in jail with hardened criminals." In fact, the report had originally gone even further, suggesting that legalization might eventually emerge as the best approach to pot. An N.A.S. review...
...ICBMs are "the most destabilizing" weapons, since they alone pose the threat of a preemptive attack; bombers and cruise missiles are too slow flying, and submarine-launched missiles insufficiently accurate, to be anything but retaliatory. Says Eugene Rostow, director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency: "There is no harm in asking for unequal reductions that achieve an equal level of stability...
...night to drop flares and smoke canisters, vivid reminders of the destruction that could rain from the skies. Addressing his remarks to the civilian population of Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin declared on the floor of the Knesset: "Leave, leave, save yourselves! We don't want to harm any of you. By foot or by car, leave West Beirut." Thousands of Israeli leaflets dumped by plane on the Lebanese capital contained a similar message...
...court cited numerous studies of the harm suffered by children who are forced or persuaded to perform sexually in front of a camera. Said White: "It has been found that sexually exploited children are unable to develop healthy affectionate relationships in later life, have sexual dysfunctions and have a tendency to become sexual abusers as adults." He also noted that a youngster is unable to prevent the invasion of his privacy that occurs each time the film or book is viewed. (No such invasion occurred at the court during consideration of this case; the Justices concluded that they could rule...