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...watched the play-by-play artillery exchanges between rival Lebanese forces. Using sophisticated electronic equipment for pinpointing artillery targets, some passed the time making a sweepstakes of the hits and misses, as Lebanese shells exploded in the nearby mountains. Watching the Shi'ite residents of a Beirut suburb, Second Lieut. John La Torre remarked ruefully, "I guess they're just like other people, except that they've had a civil war going on for most of their lives...
They met 18 months ago on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, where he was recording the funky album Too Low for Zero; but as they emerged from an Anglican church in a prosperous suburb of Sydney, Australia, Elton John, 36, and his bride, German-born Sound Engineer Renata Blauel, 30, were singing anything but the blues. "I really love Renata," John told reporters. "And yes, I'm nervous." John, who once described himself as a "male Betty Boop," reportedly gave his beloved a large heart-shaped necklace with 26 diamonds before flying to New Zealand, first stop...
...with the rest of the family) to Maine for the month of August in the hope of escaping the pollen that made him miserable." After enduring these hard knocks, this youngest of six children of well-to-do parents went to high school in Mount Vernon, a leafy suburb north of Manhattan, then on to Cornell, where he picked up the nickname Andy (after Andrew D. White, the university's first president). He won $1,000 in scholarships for his freshman year, against an annual tuition of $100. He eventually became president of his fraternity and editor...
...flourish in many immigrant ghettos. Young Turks and Surinamese are deeply involved in the narcotics trade around Amsterdam; addiction is common among young North Africans in Paris. Says Nordine Iznasni, 21, a resident of the notorious Cité Gutenberg, a collection of ramshackle, barrack-like buildings in the Paris suburb of Nanterre: "When you've got nothing to do and nothing to look forward to, it's a way to hide from reality, just as French kids do. Young North Africans are sick of rejection, unemployment and disrespect. Unless you have a strong character, it's easy...
Relying on updated versions of traditional trolleys is not limited to older cities. In Oregon, Portland's 15-mile light-rail line linking the city's downtown core to the fast-growing suburb of Gresham is expected to be ready for riding in 1985. The Federal Government has funded $300 million of the project's $310 million capital costs, thanks in large measure to the lobbying efforts of Neil Goldschmidt, former Portland mayor and Secretary of Transportation under President Carter. Despite Washington's munificence, Portland, with an unpopular mass-transit tax on employers and a noisy...