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...failed to dwell on Egyptian and Syrian exploits, the omission was probably political. Damascus had all along assiduously downplayed its coalition role because of simmering pro-Iraq sentiments among the Syrian public. Cairo marked Saddam's defeat with red- letter newspaper headlines, but President Hosni Mubarak remained notably mum. Egypt's domestic opposition to the war was milder than Syria's, but explosions of anti-U.S. protest broke out at several Egyptian universities last week. Mubarak also faces a relatively long engagement in the gulf: while all the Arab armies had forsworn in advance any invasion of Iraq, Egyptian...
Although Gro Harlem Brundtland, the Labor Party leader and two-time Prime Minister who was forming a new government, has long kept mum on the E.C. question, she will have a tough time sidestepping it for much longer. Within the European Free Trade Association, to which Norway belongs, sentiment for joining the Community is accelerating fast. Last year Austria announced its intention to apply, and Sweden followed suit two weeks ago. Finland is seriously pondering the issue, and a pro-E.C. initiative is gaining ground in Switzerland, the most resolutely standoffish country in the EFTA. Although fears still...
While officials on are keeping mum about the specifics of the new plan, City Treasurer James Maloney said that the agreement will contain "mutual cooperation on areas not previously covered...
Life-insurance salesmen are normally a garrulous lot. But many are keeping mum after publication this month of a Los Angeles Times article chronicling the latest industry boomlet: door-to-door pitchmen have been plying the city's most crime-plagued neighborhoods and brandishing blood-and-guts clippings from the local press in order to sell cheap policies to residents who might be vulnerable to street violence. The insurance typically costs $10 a month for up to $10,000 in death benefits, enough to cover basic funeral services...
Does Walter Cronkite nurse a grudge against his controversial successor, Dan Rather? In the past, the retired CBS anchorman was mostly mum on the subject. Now Cronkite, who has been relegated to an infinitesimal on-air role since he stepped down in 1981, let slip some frank criticism at a Manhattan gathering last week. When asked about his network's coverage of the Persian Gulf crisis, during which Rather landed an exclusive interview with Saddam Hussein, Cronkite acidly observed that Saddam "saved Rather's skin." While conceding that the younger man is a good reporter, Cronkite believes Rather has "blown...