Word: premieres
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Seldom in recent years has the U.S. been subjected to so much scorn and ridicule. In Israel, the Knesset formally rejected the U.N. resolution, which Premier Menachem Begin described as "repugnant and unjustified." American Jewish publications, reflecting Israeli opinion, were unimpressed by Carter's disavowal. Brooklyn's Jewish Press charged that Carter had sold out Israel for oil and described his action as a "stab in the back" to all of its readers. Reporting Carter's reversal, Saudi Arabia's state-controlled radio said acidly: "May God have mercy on his soul." The Kuwait daily...
NCAA Basketball: Let's talk personalities. Kyle Macy may be great, but can he soar? Do you know anything about Joe Barry Carroll or Dewayne Scales? Does anyone know anything about Texas A&M? It's obvious that the premier personality around is Louisville's Darrell Griffith, and it's also obvious that the Cards' 29-3 mark is the best of the remaining teams. Therefore, the obvious conclusion is that Louisville will romp past A&M and Missouri into the final four and go on to win it all. Anyway, if they don't, LSU will...
Samphan also granted an exclusive interview to Clark, the first he has given since he became Premier. Composed, almost serene, Samphan sat at a table beneath a canopy of banyan trees as silent Khmer Rouge soldiers stood guard. Excerpts from the 90-minute conversation...
...posthumous rehabilitation of Liu was another triumph for one of his closest allies-China's all-powerful Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping. Nor was that all. The Central Committee announced the resignation from the Politburo of four radical holdovers from the Maoist era who had participated in the 1966-69 Cultural Revolution campaign against Liu and Deng. Purged were Wang Dongxing, Mao's former bodyguard, Vice Premiers Chen Xilian and Ji Dengkui, and Wu De, a former mayor of Peking...
...announcement of the arms agreement prompted Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to voice reservations about "the quantity and quality of these arms." He seemed especially concerned about the F-15s. The Israelis clearly feared that such advanced weaponry could be used against them should Sadat ever be ousted from power and Egypt revert to an anti-Israeli stance...