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...place as planned, it would have given a new measure of authority to the P.L.O. as the legitimate voice for Palestinian interests in the Middle East. Even though Arafat was not one of the P.L.O. representatives invited to attend, the gathering, if successful, would have bolstered his campaign to portray himself as a political moderate...
...organization shuns acts of terrorism on principle--although attacks against Israeli territory seem to fall outside his definition of terrorism. In keeping with his avowed position, Arafat wasted no time in denying that the cruise-liner hijackers had anything to do with the P.L.O. Arafat's attempt to portray himself as a peacemaker reached a peak when the Achille Lauro hijackers surrendered, seemingly as a result of pressure from P.L.O. mediators. Later, when the reports of Leon Klinghoffer's murder were confirmed, Arafat had promised that if the gunmen were turned over to the P.L.O., the organization would bring them...
...swift and sure midair interception of the Achille Lauro hijackers by four Navy fighters provided the armed forces with a much needed victory to boast about. It answers "the cheap-shot artists who try to portray the military as not being able to tie their shoelaces," exulted Navy Secretary John Lehman. But the Navy's success at diverting a single civilian airliner is not likely to muffle a drumbeat for military reform that has been swelling throughout Washington. At a session with reporters last week, former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Packard, who chairs a presidential commission appointed to look...
...like when Mrs. Bumiller tries to offer the usual motherly consolation "wait until next year" to her depressed daughter, and Charlene points out that she's already a senior. The duo earned their three ovations opening night with their flawless ear for the idiosyncrasies of the 20 townsfolk they portray with not only versatility, but amazing speed...
Arms-control naysayers within the Administration scrambled to portray the Soviet offer as a non-starter. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said that "when you start out with an asymmetrical situation and you propose equal reductions, it still leaves the gap" (see interview...