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...Viet Nam War-this vigorous, chaotic documentary manipulates time for its own ends. The bombing of Haiphong harbor, John Foster Dulles' domino theory, J. Edgar Hoover's fears of "common-ists," a brutal football game, '40s war movies-all flow back and forth like sand in an hourglass. The confusion is deliberate. Hearts and Minds, says Producer-Director Peter Davis, "is not a chronology of war so much as a study of people's feelings...
During a two-day visit to Florida last week, Gerald Ford took time out for 18 holes of golf in the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic tournament in Lauderhill. After flubbing shots in several sand traps, plunking one ball into a small pond, and missing putts all over the place, the President lamented that he was not doing very well. "About as well as you are doing with Congress?" one reporter asked. Replied Ford: "I'm going to do better with both...
January snow drifts down onto Long Nook beach. A piercing cold wind off the Atlantic knifes through even heavy overcoats and thick boots. Within minutes, the cold becomes unbearable. It is time to climb back up the sand dunes, which tower fifty feet above, to the Ford station wagon, now alone in the parking...
...conduct a good defensive operation without putting the whole army in." By controlling the passes, he said, the Israelis have a 7-to-l manpower advantage over the Egyptians. The Mitla Pass outpost seemed lightly manned. Only a few squads of soldiers were camped amidst the crushed granite and sand bars. "Why don't we see any tanks or artillery?" the general was asked. He smiled. "This is an outstanding place for concealment." He added, "This is not a border to defend Sinai but a border to defend Israel. I, as a military man, would like to remain...
There is no doubt that the thrust of any battle in another Sinai war will center on the passes. "This chain of mountains is the most important geographic factor in Sinai," explains a senior Israeli commander. "North of the passes is soft sand, which makes hard going for armor. To the south are high granite mountains that make large-scale maneuvers impossible. From here we can defend all of Sinai...