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...Sorrento, Prod. Supervisor...
...before his trip to Dallas, out-weighs a long-standing policy that led to the deployment of about 15,000 others. In the course of a three-year war, such a move means precious little, and could far more easily have been motivated by a desire, for instance, to prod Saigon to greater self-reliance. As Johnson and Nixon would later prove, troop withdrawals were in no way inconsistent with war escalation...
There is, of course, always the chance of that "crazy event" -- some provocation by extremists on either side that would push the other beyond endurance. Baker warned last week that the approach of the conference is likely to prod terrorists and other provocateurs into action intended to break it up. And Arafat cautioned that while he would do everything possible to prevent disruption, he could not control the most radical factions. Almost on cue, violence erupted. In Tel Aviv a Palestinian driver plowed a van into a group of Israeli soldiers on a busy street corner, killing two and injuring...
ONCE THE TRYOUTS BEGIN, the coaches should let the players get down and get dirty. Instead of coddling the big names, they should poke, prod, exhaust, and, in short, test these players to the utmost...
...author, television personality and host of the radio program "Sex on Sunday," Dr. Ruth is speaking at college campuses to promote her new book about safe and pleasurable sex, and to prod men and women into talking more openly about their sexual concerns...