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Ronald Reagan, wimp? Dove? More wishy-washy than (gasp!) Jimmy Carter? Not only were those strange-sounding accusations ringing out last week, they were coming from people who are normally among the President's staunchest supporters. Reagan, they charged, is letting his eagerness for an arms-control deal and a summit with Mikhail Gorbachev prevent him from precipitating a full-scale showdown with the Kremlin over the seizure of Nicholas Daniloff, the American reporter being detained in Moscow on what the U.S. regards as trumped-up espionage charges. Why, they asked, was Reagan being so cautious and pragmatic about...
...further official contacts between Israel and the Soviet Union. Neither country can expect much encouragement to pursue an accord. Moscow's Arab allies generally voiced skepticism that the talks would lead anywhere. When the meeting faltered, one Syrian official declared, "Moscow has not failed us." Even Israel's staunchest ally, the U.S., could not wholeheartedly embrace the dialogue. While the Reagan Administration hailed the talks as a "positive development," Washington is not eager to lose its role as the only superpower that seeks peace in the Middle East...
...sees a point of principle. Declared Thatcher two weeks ago: "If you are fighting terrorism, you cannot fight it on one front. There is no earthly use in our fighting terrorism (in Britain) knowing that Irish terrorists can get away to the U.S." Agrees President Reagan: "(Thatcher) is our staunchest ally in our battle against international terrorism. We need to stand tall with our British allies...
...couple were among the 60-odd survivors of Beirut's once thriving European and American communities, which at their height numbered in the tens of thousands. The staunchest Western holdouts: the academic fraternity, which had made Beirut into the regional center of higher education. But the execution of three hostages--two British teachers and an American librarian --in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of Libya in April persuaded most of the few remaining Westerners to leave. Explains George Miller, a professor at American University of Beirut, who has lived in Lebanon for 40 years: "We stayed until there...
...called for change, but a peculiar psychology--how to improve things without changing anything--took the upper hand." His final warning: "We have to part ways with those who hope that everything will settle down and return to the old lines. That will not happen, comrades." Even to the staunchest members of the Old Guard, it was clear that an era had ended...