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...Meiman: "But his release is not a victory for us because we are now further away from reaching the goals Tolya fought for than when we struggled together." Similarly, Soviet Exile Lev Kopelev, 73, who now lives in West Germany, describes Moscow's release of Shcharansky as "a diversionary tactic," rather than a harbinger of a more liberal human rights policy. Of the eleven founding members of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, which was disbanded in 1982, only two, including Meiman, have managed to avoid either prison or exile...
...potential sites of refuge dwindled, Jean-Claude moved to break a growing protest by some 150 leading store owners in Port-au-Prince. Roving bands of Tonton Macoutes wrote down the addresses of shuttered businesses and rousted proprietors from their homes. The strong-arm tactic worked. Shop doors swung open gradually, and by Thursday the city had resumed commercial activity...
Habash, whose organization helped pioneer skyjack terrorism in 1968 but later publicly disavowed the tactic, acknowledged that he had flown from Damascus to Tripoli aboard the same plane earlier in the week and said he believed he had been an intended target of the Israeli interception. Said Habash, who was nearly kidnaped by Israeli commandos during a similar attack in 1973: "The capture of any Palestinian leader is a good thing from their point of view...
...bloods that have been bought or agreed to be acquired in 1985 include many of the biggest names in U.S. business. In the food industry, Nabisco was consumed by R.J. Reynolds, General Foods fell prey to Philip Morris, and Beatrice is going private in a leveraged buyout, a defensive tactic against a takeover that allows executives to use borrowed money to acquire a firm. R.H. Macy, one of the most celebrated U.S. retailers, is putting together a similar plan. In entertainment, the American Broadcasting Co., whose treasures include Dynasty, is now the crown jewel of the Capital Cities Communications empire...
...Staff Donald Regan, who felt that the dispute was politically damaging to the Administration. Regan's fiat came after Meese's Justice Department launched a surprise attack in August by submitting a draft of a presidential order that effectively branded Labor Department hiring goals as illegal quotas. The tactic raised such a ruckus that the Justice Department judiciously retreated. Regan then told Meese and Brock to come to an agreement on their dispute before taking it to the President...