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...retain a tool better if you've used it. No matter how often you look at a hammer, you can't claim craftsmanship with it until you've pounded a few nails," according to the Dean...
...described, for example, how U.S. forces would eventually be based at defensive facilities around the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean (the U.S. is negotiating for use of ports and airfields in Kenya, Oman and Somalia). It was argued that by making the speech more ambiguous, the President would retain more flexibility on critical questions, such as what specific Soviet actions would constitute a threat against U.S. interests in the Gulf region and how the U.S. would respond. Another debate was over how Carter should refer to the area he was proposing to defend. He finally decided that "the oilfields" sounded...
...weeks ago, the Israelis offered a 26-page proposal for the West Bank and Gaza. It calls for the creation of an eleven-member Palestinian council that would handle education, housing, social welfare and religious affairs. But the Israelis would retain control over such vital areas as use of public land, water resources, internal security, Jewish civilian settlement, fuel and power, and currency...
Leaders of the Rhodesian security forces, who technically retain authority over the auxiliaries, defend them as a disciplined and apolitical force for "national reconstruction." But Muzorewa's rivals argue that they represent a threat to free and fair elections. One irate black leader, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, last week called on the other opposition parties to join him in boycotting the election unless the Governor asserted more control over the auxiliaries. Said he: "We have law-protected lawlessness, and Lord Soames doesn't appear to have the imagination or the capacity to deal with the situation...
...months later she wins custody of the child despite the husband's devotion to the boy during her long absence. In the real world, psychiatrists or psychologists would have testified, the judge would have at least interviewed the child and probably would have allowed the father to retain the custody he had had since the split...