Word: norths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...special adviser to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, for talks in Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and the Vatican. Habib hopes to persuade Jordan's King Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad to pressure the Palestine Liberation Organization into withdrawing its guerrilla forces in Lebanon north of the Litani River. Lebanese army units would be beefed up and U.N. peace-keeping forces (UNIFIL) increased from 6,000 to 10,000. At the same tune, Habib hopes to convince the Israelis that they must control their aggressive, surrogate Christian militia south of the Litani, led by Major...
...assembly majority-carefully stacked with tame members appointed by Park-had voted to oust Kim after he attacked the government as "a basically dictatorial regime," called on the U.S. to "pressure" Park on behalf of human rights and declared that he was prepared to discuss reunification with North Korean Dictator Kim II Sung...
...accompanied by Gleysteen, went ahead with a long scheduled visit to Seoul. Even though he announced that the U.S. was withdrawing 1,500 of its support troops from the country, Brown reassured the South Koreans that the U.S. stood ready to come to their defense in case of a North Korean attack. American officials also said that Brown's briefcase carried a private, more pointed message for Park: a rebuke from President Carter...
...track record," she says. "I still am." Their chief problems center on her singing. Mickey tries to run her career for her. "He wants the complete say-so about everything," she sighs. While he has been touring with Sugar Babies, Jan, 40, has stayed at their home, just north of Los Angeles, which they share with her two sons by a former marriage...
...Jakie" was charged in 1941 with welding the ragtag tank, infantry and artillery units of the fledgling armored forces into an effective tool for modern, mechanized warfare. In 1943 Devers became European theater commander for U.S. forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower; he later helped direct the Allies' North African and Italian campaigns and plan the Normandy invasion. In 1945 Devers succeeded General Joseph W. Stilwell as commander of U.S. Army ground forces. He retired four years later...