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...northern Chadian oasis town of Faya-Largeau, which fell to Goukouni's Libyan-supported rebels two weeks ago after a ten-day bombardment by Libyan aircraft, Libya was resupplying its 3,000-man garrison. For their part, the French were busy flying troops, arms and ammunition to their outposts in Abéché, Biltine, Arada and Sallal. The four towns are positioned along the main routes that an invading force from the north would have to use to attack the capital. The advantage of this new "line in the sand" is that it is situated at the limit...
...provide a rustic redwood scene where campers bring their own sleeping bags and mix VisiCalc with volleyball. The Computer Resort in Chico, Calif, sponsored by Texas Instruments, features jumbo-size steaks barbecued around a swimming pool. Princess Cruises in Los Angeles will coordinate 15 hours of classes with a ten-day sail that includes calls at Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco. Cost: $1,995. Prefer your silicon seminars on terra firma? For $879, Club Med provides Atari computers along with white-sand beaches and pina coladas at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic...
There was trouble almost from the beginning. In the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa the day before, the F.D.N. leadership had promised an extended ten-day trip through the territory they hold inside Nicaragua. But when we arrived at "Base Nicarao," one of the contras' two main northern bases, we were greeted only by a chorus of F.D.N. recruits, ranging from boys of 14 to weathered campesinos singing anti-Sandinista war hymns, including one to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home...
Hawke's ten-day stopover in North America came near the end of a 25,000-mile, 19-day world tour that took him to Port Moresby, Jakarta, London, Paris and Geneva before he arrived in Washington. On the final leg of the trip, Hawke strongly reiterated Australia's commitment to the 1951 Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) Security Treaty for the defense of the Pacific. He pledged that there is no country that the U.S. "will be able to rely on more than Australia." In a speech before Washington's National Press Club, Hawke added...
Most significant, the landmark $165 billion Social Security bailout package cleared its final hurdles with last-minute alacrity, if not grace. With only hours to go before a scheduled ten-day Easter recess, the Senate raced to endorse the Conference Committee compromise. The vote was 58 to 14; the night before, the House had nodded its approval with a 243-to-102 vote. "This is not a perfect bill," declared weary Senate Majority Leader Howard H. Baker Jr. "But we are not a perfect body. It is not the last word, but it is the best...