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...first four months of the year, 51 stabbings were reported in "Jacktown," but there undoubtedly were more. Some prisoners have become skilled at stitching up cuts, often with plain needle and thread; prisoners are afraid to report assaults, lest they be singled out as snitchers...
...process is not always orderly, nor so thoughlful as it should be. But creative government rarely is. Events move too fast. Decisions must often be made as much on instinct as on precise information, lest the time for action pass. After the big budgel-resolution win, plans to cul Social Security were rushed to the White House. They were presented one morning lo Reagan, almost cold. At first he was disbelieving, then irritated. "Can I have twelve hours to decide?" he asked grumpily. Bul it took less time than that for Reagan to make his decision and seek Ihe cuts...
...held their fire. Israel was reported to be massing forces along its northern border with Lebanon and even within the "Free Lebanon" enclave south of the Litani River that is under the control of Major Sa'ad Haddad, a right-wing Christian militia leader. Lebanese officials were fearful lest Israel invade the south and attempt to destroy the Palestinian bases there...
...Robert E. Lee who used his sharpshooters to pin down any movement on the battlefield, and Grant who pleaded with him for a chance to collect the wounded. Eleven years later, in 1875, when a new rebellion threatened to break out in Mississippi, Grant refused to commit federal troops lest a new war begin...
...East, a high U.S. official gave a background briefing to reporters aboard Secretary of State Alexander Haig's jet. The official who, of course, was quickly revealed to be Haig himself admitted that in the future he would have to be more careful in his anti-Soviet remarks, lest they give the Kremlin leaders an additional excuse to invade Poland. TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott believes there are other dangers, too, that Haig should keep in mind. Talbott's analysis...