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...meeting of the various Lebanese factions is scheduled to take up that issue this week in Lausanne, Switzerland. As a prelude to the conference, the rump government of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel last week did the expected by formally canceling its May 17 security agreement with Israel. But Gemayel's Druze and Muslim opponents in Lebanon will be asking for far more than that in Lausanne. They intend to demand a fundamental restructuring of the Christian-dominated power-sharing arrangement on which Lebanese politics have been based since...
...Scotland Yard, the F.B.I., and (of course) Nazis, by punctuating it with a hackneyed score and stagey walk-ons: Clusters of bowler-hatted extras mill around aimlessly, while "protesters" wield suspiciously well-stenciled placards. In addition to its amateurism, the film is cheapened by gratuitous flashes of boob and rump' by its main performers (Selleck, Jane Seymour, and Lauren Hutton...
...Lower 48 states, was about to be shut down. Its operator, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, said the train was losing $3 million a year. The new operator would be the National Railroad Passenger Corp., the Government-subsidized organization known as Amtrak. The old cars with their rump-sprung seats would be replaced with Amtrak's firm-chaired, bullet ride to modernity. The cuisine of the dining car, a draw for serious trenchermen, would be replaced with Amtrak food, no adjective necessary...
...contrast with intellectually forceful predecessors like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Clark does not operate a rump State Department in the White House basement. "I don't have my own agenda separate from the President's," says the soft-spoken aide. He has consolidated his authority by bringing a surface placidity and orderliness to the NSC office. Memos flow smoothly...
Chrysler's newest creations, set to appear in showrooms next January as the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan are not pretty but they should be practical. The Voyager/Caravan will combine the were boxy rump of a van with the the truncated front end of a car. Known in automotive circles as a minivan, it was designed for people who want something smaller than a van make and bigger than a station wagon. Though comparatively squat nomads (more than a foot less in height than most vans) , it can carry a load of 1,200 lbs., only 100 lbs. less...