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Sadat used several maps to illustrate the growing Soviet presence in the Persian Gulf region and Africa and pressed for more U.S. aid and military equipment. The U.S. must be firm in resisting Soviet expansion, he said, but he made a strong plea that anti-Communism not be equated with opposition to national liberation struggles. As he told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City: "The U.S. should support liberation movements everywhere. The case in point is now Namibia. We pressed our friends in Washington to put more pressure on South Africa to comply with the United Nations...
Conservationist groups replied that the Japanese estimates were grossly overstated. But on the issue of the moratorium, their words, including President Reagan's plea to save "these magnificent creatures," were to no avail. It failed to get a required three-fourths majority. So did another proposal to stop all whaling in the North Atlantic...
Though Chapman faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life, acting State Supreme Court Justice Dennis Edwards promised that in return for the guilty plea, he would not receive more than 20 years to life. At Chapman's sentencing on Aug. 24, Marks plans to use the testimony of two psychiatrists and one psychologist-as well as his defendant's God-given plea-to argue that Chapman is insane and thus should be given the most lenient sentence...
Much about the use of cocaine by celebrities has been highly publicized, including the arrests. Among them: Linda Blair, cherub-faced star of The Exorcist; Louise Lasser, the ill-fated Mary Hartman; Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who plea-bargained down to a disorderly-conduct charge; Rolling Stone Guitarist Keith Richard, whose hard living is legend; Comedian Flip Wilson, who was taken into custody only hours before a scheduled meeting with Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Not even the White House has been untouched. Dr. Peter Bourne, the Carter drug adviser who resigned after giving an aide a prescription...
...resulting devastation would allow the word victory to retain any meaning. The third segment explored manpower and readiness issues, ranging from the low retention rate of Navy petty officers to the reinstitution of the draft (favored by many training officers although opposed by the Administration); it also made a plea for increased spending on spare parts and realistic training to enhance the flashy weapons. The fourth followed the metamorphosis of the Navy's F-18A Hornet from a $5 million fighter into a $30 million, all-purpose plane and questioned whether the military would not be better off with...