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...first, Craxi had insisted on either a short-term government with elections in the spring or else immediate elections; either, he hoped, would strengthen the Socialists' hand. But, after discussing the issue with Fanfani, Craxi apparently agreed not to raise the question for the moment and called on the Prime Minister-designate "to do quickly all that was possible to be done quickly...
...Aley regions a few miles southeast of Beirut. Meanwhile, the Israelis and the Lebanese have not agreed even on how to proceed with the withdrawal negotiations. The Israelis want to talk directly with the Lebanese about all aspects of future relations between the two countries. The Lebanese, determined to strengthen their Arab ties, prefer to use the U.S. as a middleman and, for the time being, to limit any talks to military questions...
...Things have developed in such a way that composition and history have not been functioning as mutually supportive components of the music program," said Wolff. "We made it a point that the two new appointments would strengthen the interrelation between them...
...Reagan Administration is much more encouraged by recent events in Lebanon, where Gemayel has moved aggressively to restore his country's ties with the Arab world and to strengthen the tenuous links between Lebanese Christians and Muslims. During a visit to Morocco last week, he declared that he and King Hassan II were in agreement on various Arab problems over which "we are all suffering." Gemayel said that he would soon visit other Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia. Gemayel's motives are commercial as well as political. As a Lebanese businessman explained: "Beirut prospered as the commercial...
...Woolworth Co.; after a brief illness; in Valhalla, N.Y. Gibbons strove to revive the stodgy company with more detailed budgeting, more specific planning and fewer stores that catered exclusively, in his words, to "old birds like myself." Only last September, in a decisive move to streamline and, he hoped, strengthen the business, he resolved to close all 336 outlets of the flagging Woolco discount chain (cutting the company-by 30%) and to sell Woolworth's British subsidiary...