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...pullout by the Israeli forces, in fact, leaves their Lebanese Christian allies measurably stronger than before the invasion. Originally centered in an area near Marjayoun, the Christians have now broadened their control of southern Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the slopes of Mount Hermon. The Israelis turned over to Major Haddad's forces 20 of the most vital positions along a 40-mile front three to five miles deep along the Israeli border. Behind them, the Israeli army will be at the ready to back up the Christians if needed...
...state legislators seem likely to give Brown what he seeks?and let him take the heat. Still, there was some grumbling. One diner in the capitol cafeteria suggested that "we stuff Howard Jarvis and mount him on the capitol dome." Bitterly, Democratic State Senator Alfred Alquist proposed turning all the surplus state funds over to taxpayers in a one-shot cash rebate and giving nothing to local districts. Said he: "It will do a lot of harm, but if it's the will of the people, we should...
Retiring logician W.V.O. Quine seems a likely bet to mount the podium, along with Dangerfield and Commencement speaker Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Billy Martin...
...young, frail, unknowing?until you look at his eyes, when those eyes are examining a horse he is about to ride. Then there is an eerie, almost existential quality to his face, an absorption so total that his life becomes encompassed by it. For the twelve minutes required to mount, parade to the post and, finally, run the race, the ride is Steve Cauthen...
...ticking clock, the wonderful, knowing hands of the bugboy had been fused with the courage of the race rider. In short order, the stakes horses started to come his way: Johnny D., last year's turf champion, and Affirmed, the best two-year-old colt and his Triple Crown mount this year...