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...they are widely criticized for taking jobs away from West Germans or, conversely, consuming welfare benefits. Kohl has already warned that "the number of foreigners cannot remain at its current level." The Schmidt government tried and failed to persuade many of the Turks to return home; in all likelihood, the new government will offer additional economic inducements with the same aim. Nonetheless, any attempt to displace the guest workers is bound to cause an outcry from the Turks as well as introduce a troubling note of racism into the domestic debate...
...indeed object, that it was a bad idea. This was a belated admission of an attitude that had become apparent to us all. Begin said that any U.S. plan would become the focal point of dissension and disagreement after we adjourned from Camp David, and that there was no likelihood of its being accepted by either the Israelis or the Arabs. Those who would disagree with individual parts of the proposal would take out their displeasure on the U.S., which might turn the entire Arab world against...
...NEWS TWO WEEKS AGO that University Health Services (UHS) had recently investigated its gynecologic practices for trouble was certainly shocking, but in all likelihood, few people were actually surprised...
...were Phalangists or members of Haddad's personal army, the Israeli army commanders' familiarity with the pent-up frustrations of both groups cannot be ignored. After years of training and supplying each group with weapons, nothing but stupidity could have prevented the Israeli army leaders from properly predicting the likelihood of bloody revenge if the opportunity was given them, especially after the recent Gemayel assassination. Surely Begin knows that allies do not always act as their benefactors would like, a lesson he has been foisting on the U.S. for years...
...more impressive given their small readership and narrow focus (Variety covered the war in Lebanon by noting how it had affected the box office at Beirut movie theaters). Moreover, both publications can be fooled into announcing projects that have neither financing, script nor star, nor reasonable likelihood of ever getting them. Admits respected Variety Reporter James Harwood: "We have printed hundreds of titles that were never made." No one seems to mind. Explains Producer Albert Ruddy (The Godfather, The Cannonball Run): "Everybody will use the trades. You know it's hype when you do it. But the next...