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...refugees. They found many of them, frightened and bewildered, holding hands as they walked timidly along country roads. By morning, authorities believed they had rounded up all the escapees and returned them to the base. Though no injuries were reported, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton dispatched 100 National Guardsmen to strengthen the camp's security detail...
...family. Because of Iranian experience with abuse at the hands of American-backed forces, Rouhani says, they see the action against the students as just another in a long line of injustices. Far from causing them to consider releasing the hostages, Carter's hard line will simply strengthen their resolve to persevere until the U.S. apologizes...
...success at Solomon Brothers led her to apply this fall to both business and law schools. Her knees continued to strengthen, and she kept up classes. Now president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company, she directed their production this spring. She was accepted to the joint J.D. and M.B.A. program at Stanford, a program that "a lot of people would kill to get into" she says, but Wilkerson did not deliberate long before she rejected the law school and deferred the business school. Next year she will go to New York and try to get a job as a dancer...
Sadat also moved dramatically last week to strengthen his domestic position. As a prelude to his parliamentary address, which had been billed as "a momentous and historic speech that will chart the odyssey of Egypt's reconstruction," Sadat announced the resignation of his Premier, Moustafa Khaki, 60, and the rest of the Cabinet. Sadat said he himself would take over as Premier, with Defense Minister Kamal Hassan Ali, 58, becoming Foreign Minister and chief negotiator in any future autonomy talks. There was no evidence of ill feeling between Sadat and Khalil. The outgoing Premier had expressed a desire...
Morris said it was important for the United States to strengthen diplomatic ties with the Arab nations, adding, "Israel's ability to survieve depends on the West's ability to maintain ties with the Arabs...