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...immediately placed Clark on a respirator and then injected him with the tranquilizer Valium and Dilantin, an anticonvulsant medication most commonly used to control epilepsy. During the next 2½ hours, the unconscious Clark suffered intermittent seizures, but the quivering was confined to his left leg and arm. Worried, lis doctors downgraded his condition from "serious" to "critical...
...intricate political maneuvering went on against a backdrop of desolation and fear. The residents of West Beirut were constantly reminded that the Israe lis were at their gates, that the time for a settlement was running out. Thousands fled to the safety of East Beirut and the countryside. Refugees from the south had already crowded into schools and arcades and commandeered apartments. In this tense setting, one automobile driver created a panic simply by leaving his old red Mercedes double-parked for a few minutes in front of a building packed with refugees. The danger: the car might contain...
...forget that 'every nation can lose, but only the most vile ones surrender.' " Though most union leaders, including Solidarity Chairman Lech Walesa, are in government custody, a number of prominent Solidarity figures remain at large. Among them: Zbigniew Bujak, the Warsaw regional leader; Bogdan Lis, a former Walesa deputy; Zbigniew Janas, union leader at the Ursus factory. In an underground letter circulated last week, Janas called on workers to "prevent the destruction of Solidarity" and urged preparations for a nonviolent general strike...
...government deputation he brings with him are all stamped from the same mold, and to a man they exhibit the same well-paded faces. Across the table are the strikers, looking very different from the officials and from each other. Walesa, in his sports jacket and open collar; Bogdan Lis dressed casually, almost sloppily...
...none authentic to the 1600s. Although he creates interesting contrasts in the position of players by using several sets of stairs and split levels, he overuses pastels. The set, too, resembles a kitschy misconception of the period, perhaps intended to caricature. A little royal blue and some Fleur-de-lis, as well as some real lace, would go a long way here...