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...challenge that faces America in the Middle East as you begin your third century, and we dedicate our effort to work with you and all the peace-loving nations to make this hope a reality. We have taken together the initial successful steps to break the deadlock and to orient our efforts toward this aim. Now we have ahead of us a great challenge of working together to build up the foundation and the edifice of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East...
...peace-keeping arrangement in which the Syrians control everything down to mail delivery and traffic. Four of the eight were small pro-Iraq or pro-Libya journals-thus in effect anti-Syrian. But An-Nahar, Lebanon's most prestigious newspaper, and its French-language sister daily, L'Orient-Le Jour, were also closed. Said An-Nahar Editor Michel Abu Jaudeh: "It would appear that what is in store is more ominous than what has already happened...
...battles, arrests and deaths are stages on the main line of the "Orient Express"-the lethal route from Asia's opium-rich Golden Triangle (the intersection of Burma, Laos and Thailand) to Amsterdam, distribution center for Europe's booming dope market...
...loving shot in an Istanbul railway station of fruit, seafood and other gourmet treats marks the highlight of Murder on the Orient Express. Like the excesses of first-class fanfare, this vehicle runs mostly on show. Not to knock it: anyone whose gone through a Rod McKuenesque crush on trains, for instance, will drool over the authentic Express that director Sidney Lumet takes across the Alps. But the glamorous actors are obviously doing their bits and picking up their payroll; only Venessa Redgrave stands out for her gigly working girl and widow Lauren Bacall for her embarrassing bitchiness. The experience...
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express...