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...Washington, his third visit to the U.S. On the day after the slaughter, for example, Begin made it clear that his attitude toward the return of the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River had, if possible, hardened even further. A Palestinian state there, he declared, "would be a mortal danger to our people and to our country." Moreover, the question arose of just what effect the Sabbath massacre would have on world and U.S. attitudes toward Israel's bargaining stance...
...Corsier-sur-Vevey thought that the kidnaping was the darkest of black humor at best. One day last week a gravedigger discovered that the plot in which Charlie Chaplin was buried had been ravaged. Authorities flashed an Interpol alert for "unknown persons wanted for the unlawful removal of the mortal remains of Charles Chaplin," who died last Christmas...
...most popular subject of the pundits' presidential speculations is California Gov. Jerry Brown. Although a latecomer to the 1976 contest for the Democratic nomination, Brown dealt the Carter candidacy some stunning, if ultimately not mortal blows by beating Carter in the last six primaries in which they ran head to head. Esquire's national affairs editor Richard Reeves, who wrote one of the earliest profiles of Brown back in 1975 in which he characterized him as "the most interesting politician in the U.S..," has a long piece on Brown in last month's issue. Reeves argues that a Brown candidacy...
...wing." Onstage, the maestro would often contort his body into bizarre stances. His tours de force, like playing a pizzicato accompaniment with his left hand while bowing with his right, prompted audiences to whisper that Paganini was in league with the devil. But alas, he was merely mortal, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The violinist, writes Dr. Myron Schoenfeld of Scarsdale, N.Y., probably suffered from a disease called Marfan's syndrome. The signs: elastic joints and long fingers with "an extraordinary range of motion...
...Courageously, he broke a pattern of stalemate and mutual hostility between Israel and Egypt, the most populous and politically powerful of Arab states. Sadat's countrymen welcomed him home from his peacemaking voyage with ululations of joy, as if he had led his legions to victory over their mortal foe. Other Arabs were shocked, puzzled or silent. The Saudis, whose oil wealth has helped keep Egypt from bankruptcy for the past ten years, went quietly but cautiously along. He received too the tacit support of Jordan's King Hussein. But radical Palestinians denounced Sadat as a traitor...