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...While Washington waits for a Lebanese solution to arrive, like some Arabic Godot, it cannot use its unique position to broker peace. Jerusalem is in no mood to negotiate now, with the Syrians trying to snap a leash in Lebanon on Israel's old enemies, the Palestinians. Initially, Jerusalem worried that Syria would use its involvement in Lebanon as a pretext to take over the country or to launch a surprise attack against Israel. But last spring, after Syria gave private assurances to the U.S. that its intervention in Lebanon was not aimed at Israel, Jerusalem relaxed and began...
...drilled minutemen 200 years ago, thousands of proud parents and nostalgic graduates will assemble this week to watch the corps of cadets pass in review: 4,400 young men in swallow-tailed gray coats, white trousers and black shakos stepping out with crisp precision while their brilliant regimental flags snap in the breeze...
...President remained calm. He seemed to snap back from his depression after losing Nebraska. "We've got to keep our cool," he told an agitated aide. Ford could still take heart from the latest Gallup poll, completed May 3, showing that Republicans favored him 60% to 35% over Reagan. The President was putting his faith in the basic instincts of Republicans when their hands were finally on the voting lever. Wild as they may be about Reagan, most Republicans know that they will probably have a better chance of winning in November with Ford...
...sped up my approach on the try at 7 ft. 3 in., and I really shot up--no, wait, that makes me sound like a junkie--anyway, I was surprised and didn't snap my legs soon enough, just touching the bar," McCulloh said...
...France says that his company cannot make cars as fast as customers want to buy them. Businessmen have got their inventories down, and their order books are filling up. Even the two countries with sick currencies, Britain and Italy, are deriving some benefits. Tourists are pouring into Britain to snap up bargains: a South American lawyer recently bought 2,000 lightweight suits from Marks & Spencer in London. Italian exporters are taking advantage of a cheap lira to post remarkable increases in foreign sales of clothing, appliances and machine tools...