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According to Golcher, the Salvadoran army has managed to reclaim from F.M.L.N. control an area that previously contained some 1,200 guerrillas. The territory was won without a heavy fight: the guerrillas in the area moved out before the troops arrived. This time, however, the Salvadoran army does not intend to go back to its barracks; it is going to stay. Says one of the U.S. Special Forces advisers who designed the campaign: "We're not stacking up bodies, but that's not the point. We are taking back terrain, clearing the area, getting lots of intelligence...
...formally denied TIME'S report (July 25) that American weapons were flowing from the U.S. to Iran in spite of a U.S. ban on such sales. But some congressional committees have taken an interest in the matter and intend to pose questions to the Administration about it after the summer recess. Coincidentally, federal agents in New York City concluded eight months of undercover investigation into illegal weapons exports last week. Eight men were charged with conspiring to sell more than $2 billion worth of weapons, including attack helicopters, rocket launchers, missiles, tanks and machine guns, to federal agents...
...intention of acting as a bridge, so to speak, between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., nor do we have plans to serve as an honest broker between them. Based on the foundation of our membership in the West, and with Japan-U.S. relations as the cornerstone, we intend to maintain unity in the free world...
With a 12% inflation rate and unemployment at a punishing 17%, Spain is by no means without difficulties. But at every turn, González has made it clear that he does not intend to impose rash solutions. For example, he has not considered nationalizing anything more than the country's electric grid system. Nor has he been tempted to push for an expansionary economic policy along the lines of the French Socialists during their first year in power...
Despite the caution of other publishers, Grolier remains optimistic about computerized reference sources. Says Frank Farrell, president of the electronic-publishing division: "We intend to break the constrictions of the printed page and make reading more dynamic." The firm is already planning a videodisc encyclopedia that may use laser technology. This would allow a student with a divided terminal screen to hear a Beethoven symphony while reading an article about the composer...