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Famine War. The Moslem siege of Damur was part of what the Lebanese call the famine war. It began in early January, when Christian forces blockaded two Palestinian refugee camps, Tal al Zaatar and Jisr al Basha. A third camp, Dbayeh, was attacked and captured last week. Christian spokesmen insist that they were not trying to starve out the 30,000 inhabitants of the camps but simply attempting to pinch off shipments of arms. Many observers in Beirut believe the blockades are intended to dramatize the role the Palestinians play as a "state within a state" in Lebanon while...
...title of your review of the new Kubrick film, "The Titanic Sailed at Dawn," is appropriate, since when any film runs into the iceberg of Crimson editorial cynicism, the only survivors will be those who insist on forming their own opinions rather than slavishly following those of a fellow classmate who happens to be able to turn a phrase...
BIRCH ("Tree") BAYH, c.f. rookie: Good fielder, covers a lot of ground, in fact seems to prefer everyone else's position to his own; has tried to organize a player's union which critics insist will be part of the AFL/CIO...
Malpractice Fund. As in similar medical slowdowns elsewhere in the country, including a four-week walkout in northern California last spring, the doctors are protesting the skyrocketing cost of malpractice insurance that underwriters insist is made necessary by mounting jury awards. Effective Jan. 1, Travelers Insurance Co., which covers three-quarters of the area's doctors, hiked premiums by an average...
Fall and Exodus. Despite the continuing argument, there is some convergence between heavenly Hartford and worldly Boston. The Hartford theologians, no social dropouts, insist that emphasis on God's "transcendence" and traditional faith is not only compatible with social action but strengthens it. The Bostonians profess that God "brings into being all resources, all life" and, on that basis, insist that Christians have a responsibility to tackle social ills. The argument proceeds through eight sections, bearing traditional titles ("Creation," "Fall" and "Exodus...