Word: revoltingly
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Meanwhile, Palestine Liberation Organization Leader Yasser Arafat is still trying desperately to contain the revolt that broke out two months ago within Fatah, the P.L.O.'s dominant group. His charge that Syrian President Hafez Assad fanned the rebellion prompted Syria to expel Arafat last month. Although thousands of his fighters remain in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Arafat has had to move his base of operations to Tunisia while trying to win support from Arab leaders and the Soviet Union. The P.L.O. leader could take little comfort in the news from Moscow last week. According to a TASS report...
Fears of war recede, but the revolt against Arafat spreads
...mediate between Arafat and the dissidents. But the group's initial proposals reportedly were heavily weighted in favor of the rebels. In addition to giving the dissidents strong representation in Fatah's councils, the Syrians are said to have suggested that the original leader of the revolt, Colonel Said Mousa, be named Arafat's chief military deputy...
...point, Arafat seemed ready to offer an amnesty to the leaders of the revolt. There was no such talk as the chairman led a two-day meeting of the Fatah central committee in the Bekaa Valley. Arafat is now paying the price of the P.L.O.'s defeat last year in Lebanon and of his subsequent efforts toward compromise. If he should lose the present power struggle, the P.L.O. could easily split into two or more groups, with Arafat leading the more moderate elements and the Syrians dominating the more radical wing...
...Reagan still refused to support significant new taxes. That prompted a revolt by a quintet of Republican moderates, led by John Chafee of Rhode Island. They proposed to alleviate future deficits by a moderate increase in taxes and a trim of the defense budget's growth to 6%. Although most Senate Democrats joined forces with the Republican moderates, no budget plan could garner a majority...