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...Almighty, Islamic jihad announces that it is responsible for blowing up a car rigged with explosives, which was driven by one of our suicide commandos. The operation proves that we will carry out our previous promise not to allow a single American to remain on Lebanese soil...
...Soviet Union and East Germany, and that is a tug of war that the Soviet Union could not lose." In retrospect, Western observers were surprised that Honecker had held out against Moscow as long as he did. With as many as 380,000 Soviet soldiers stationed on its soil, East Germany has never had much room to maneuver. But then, Honecker has never shown any willingness to challenge the Kremlin openly, either...
...When Honecker traveled to Bucharest last week to attend ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of Rumanian independence, President Nicolae Ceauşescu presented him with the Star of the Socialist Republic of Rumania, first class. Ceauşescu has refused to permit Soviet troops to be stationed on Rumanian soil and has opted out of Warsaw Pact plans to counter the new NATO weapons by installing Soviet missiles in Eastern Europe. The Rumanian leader told the Brazilian daily Jornal do Brasil last week that his country "is determined not to accept any kind of nuclear weapons on its territory...
...have begun to comment with envy on American spending sprees. One prominent editor complains that he has received arrogant letters from U.S. military officers that "sounded as if they were coming from occupation leaders." Of course, West Germany will probably never be entirely comfortable with U.S. forces on its soil. Despite the drawbacks, however, many West Germans would admit that the gains in morale and readiness should make that presence easier to bear for both sides. - By George Russell...
Crouched beneath a gentle morning sun last week, Florida Governor Bob Graham grinned broadly and, with a muddy splash, dropped a baby cypress tree into a hole filled with water on the bank of the Kissimmee River. As he shoveled soil on the roots, a group of ebullient environmentalists crowded around him, laughing and applauding. "This is the heart that pumps the blood," said Graham of the river. "Our goal is, by the year 2000, the water system will look and function more as it did in the year 1900 than it does today." And with the turnaround, naturalists predict...