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...barely three months after the effort was announced, the government has quietly sounded a retreat. So many restrictions have been imposed on the campaign that it seems certain to fade away...
...avoid traffic tickets, had no idea just how much their pesos could buy until Jan. 19. That is when television newscasts showed authorities conducting a raid of two palatial homes owned by former Mexico City Police Chief Arturo Durazo Moreno. Besides rooms with views, Durazo's mountain retreat included stables, 17 Thoroughbreds, imported furnishings, 19 collector's cars, a cache of weapons and a discothèque equipped with the most advanced sound-and-light equipment inspired by New York's Studio 54. Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed...
...porches, two man-made lakes, a nine-hole golf course, a tennis court, a boat dock and a landing pad for his five-passenger Bell JetRanger III helicopter. He uses the helicopter to make short hops for business trips and to visit his Hilton Head, S.C., retreat. Paulson also has four other
...there will be no peace to keep. No matter what happens, the Italian force is gradually being cut in half. Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who has dispatched only 110 troops, largely as a gesture of loyalty to Reagan, has said that she will not "lead a retreat" by the four-nation force. France, which has about 2,000 men in Lebanon and has suffered heavy casualties, including 82 dead, remains steadfast in its role, probably because of its past colonial ties to the long-divided nation...
...capitals and retain little sway around San Salvador or the western half of the nation. Like most tropical wars, the conflict is cyclical. During the fall harvest, guerrillas make gains while the army pulls back to guard the cotton and coffee crops. By the end of January, the rebels retreat as the military swings to the offensive. Says a Western diplomat in San Salvador: "Washington's summer euphoria fades each November and returns around Christmas...