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...proceeded on two tracks, one concerning general political questions, the other the hostages in Lebanon. The Americans did their best to keep the two tracks separate, but inevitably they tended to merge, if only because the same people, notably North, were involved in both sets of talks. American officials insist that their prime purpose in agreeing to arms transfers was to cultivate influence with potential future leaders of Iran. Apparently, the Administration thought these men might feel gratitude to the U.S. for supplying arms that Iran critically needs to fight its war with Iraq. But a senior Administration official concedes...
Some critics would look at the Harvard water polo team's eighth-place finish in this weekend's Eastern Championships and insist that the Crimson played as well as could be expected...
Readers who insist that a book teach them something of momentous importance will find this novel more than adequate. The quirks and unexpected twists of life are examined with care that exposes layer upon layer of meaning. Loving family relationships, studied unsparingly, pulse with hidden resentments. Social conventions--"exchanging commonplaces and untruths"--are scrutinized to reveal the complexity beneath cool facades. Courtship, marriage, remarriage, cohabitation, bachelorhood and spinsterhood--all achieve an encompassing inventive dimension...
Industry experts think the FSLIC can scrape by until Congress returns in January, and S and L officials insist that depositors are in no danger of losing their money. Says William O'Connell, president of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions: "I don't think there is a crisis. The whole U.S. Government stands behind the deposit-insurance funds...
...participants in this nighttime battle royal, however, insist that it is not a duel to the death. "We don't see ourselves as pitted against Johnny Carson," says Barry Diller, chairman of Fox Inc., Rivers' corporate parent. "We're just aiming at improving the performance of the independent stations that carry us." Rivers, who roused Carson's ire last spring when she left for the competition without telling him first, is also sounding a conciliatory note: "My people will watch me; Johnny's people will watch him . . . We can all make it; the pie just...