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...resents the fact that many of them failed to rally behind King Hussein or even accept the minimum requirement that they acknowledge Israel's right to exist. The Saudis have repeatedly irritated the U.S. by refusing to use their clout when it was most needed, whether to restrain Syrian excesses or pressure Arafat into coming to terms with Jordan. Though they have their own grievances against Muammar Gaddafi, most moderates joined the chorus of denunciation against the U.S. raid on Libyan targets...
...difficult to achieve in tribal, rigidly hierarchical or other traditional societies. It requires a sophisticated calculus of tolerance: the notion that if I take away my neighbor's freedom for some immediate gain today, he may take away mine tomorrow. It requires an ability to compromise, to restrain religious and racial passions. It requires a highly unusual view of authority, which in many places is seen as necessary for order and national survival, for national morale and even pride. In a democracy, authority is something to be suspected and checked unless it serves people rather than only those in power...
WASHINGTON--The Reagan Administration--asserting "we're not trying to assassinate" Moammar Khadafy--said yesterday that the American raid on Libya could have been avoided if the Soviet Union had heeded requests to "restrain the Libyans" from anti-American terrorism...
Some students viewed the deaths with concern, others with callousness. Said Jimmy Hain, 21, of Farmingdale, (N.Y.), Community College: "Either stay on the first floor or get a parachute. I always pass out before I get that crazy." But the resorts are trying to restrain the sprees with stiffer law enforcement. Florida is raising its drinking age from 19 to 21, and Fort Lauderdale now prohibits open containers of booze in cars or alongside A1A. Still, the law and the weather did not always work well together. Heavy rains kept some vacationers inside hotels and motels, where maximum-capacity regulations...
Slater tried to restrain him, but Waslen escaped and proceded to deck several Crimson players before being ejected from the contest...