Word: maps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recently, "I miss Beirut. We could breathe there." But last week P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat, sounding more belligerent than at any time since his departure from Beirut last September, told a group of P.L.O. officers in Syria that "effective war is the only available means for redrawing the political map [of the Middle East]." Nor has the war restored Lebanon to the relative stability it once enjoyed. Beirut is again threatened by violence between long-feuding Christian Phalangist militiamen and Druze fighters. Worse, Gemayel's bold decision to go ahead with the Israeli agreement places him on a collision...
...screws. One small sub, the commission said, navigated the shallow channel into Stockholm's harbor during a visit by the U.S. fleet last September. The vessel came within one mile of King Carl XVI Gustaf's palace on an island in the center of the capital (see map). The Swedish navy also attributes the failure of the October search to the minisubs. "Sonar didn't work where they were concerned," says Vice Admiral Bror Stefenson. "If they had been the normal size they wouldn't have got away...
...serve as camouflage. But, says Beck, the bug's behavior is probably "innate or genetically prewired." Another scientific index is the ability of animals to transmit information through so-called language behavior. Bees, foraging for pollen, return to the hive and perform an intricate figure-eight dance to map the route for other bees. Biologist James Gould of Princeton University says, however, that the dance is in the bees' genes, not their minds...
...Soviet Union and the Arms Race, David Holloway tries to map the continuity in Soviet military policy, drawing from it a fuller perception of Soviet designs. Holloway seeks to put the rise of Soviet military power in its historical context; then he extrapolates. The book is not an analysis of Soviet foreign policy--it treats only its military aspect--but nevertheless makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the nuclear debate...
...Ariz., Vinton Ostrander, 76, is using his Franklin Ace computer to record the genealogy of some 3,000 relatives and will soon have instant access to 300 years of family history. One New York City editor who is to be married in May has created a data base to map out chapel seating for 100 wedding guests, table arrangements for 220 lunch guests and tabulations on no-shows. He is also keeping a record of those who give gifts and what they send. His bride insisted that he let her at least address the invitations in her own hand. Explains...