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International star Sharif Khan from a family of great Pakistani squashmen, won the tournament last year and is the number one seed this year...
...Star is Born Barbra Streisand has her usual role of the nice Jewish singer (this time named Esther Hoffman, not Fanny Brice) who falls in love with a rogue. Kris Kristofferson's beard takes the place of Omar Sharif's moustache. Tony Orlando even has a small part, but this time, he did not bring Dawn or Gerald Ford with him. Kris plays John Norman Howard, a raunchy, alcoholic rock musician on the way down. Kris wants to go back to the ranch and leave the pressured world of tours, promotions and shows but with Esther's career rising...
Dancing girls balancing lighted candelabra gaily preceded the bridal couple into a large tent after the wedding of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's youngest daughter, Jihan, 16, and Engineer Mahmud Osman, 26. Inside, the newlyweds settled down with Omar Sharif and 1,000 other wedding guests to watch an eight-hour music and comedy show. At that, the reception was an austerity model, in deference to Egypt's economic problems. The entertainers, including an ample belly dancer, donated their services. And the father of the bride cut costs by serving the guests only a light snack of canap...
Still, the situation was an improvement. "We must not remain hiding in our homes just because a shot is heard here or there," urged Announcer Sharif Akhawi of Radio Lebanon, who was the only source of reliable information for Lebanese during the fighting. Thus encouraged, Beirutis took advantage of the fragile peace. Many who had been trapped in their homes emerged-some in order to flee the city. Overflow lines of visa applicants waited outside the U.S. embassy. Most stores did not reopen, but sidewalk vendors-sometimes offering looted goods from those same closed stores-busily peddled everything from vegetables...
...wing Moslem and right-wing Christian factions exploded into yet another round of fighting. The strife that had intermittently rocked the country since April was spreading. The street battles were fiercer than ever, and the government seemed unable to halt them. Reflecting the grim mood was Radio Lebanon Announcer Sharif Akhawi, who said on the air: "Armed men are everywhere. All roads are closed. Blood maniacs are at large. We are losing Lebanon...