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Nationally, the blow dryer and the unisex salon threaten to replace the barber pole, but the Reagan Administration, true to its campaign promises, is seeking a return to traditional values. Back in 1977 Jimmy Carter evicted the White House barber from his basement quarters and replaced him with beauticians. But Ronald Reagan, said his Chief of Staff James Baker, is "a President who likes to have his hair cut by a barber." The upshot...
Khomeini's legions invade Iraq and threaten the whole Arab world...
...genuinely frightened of an all-out American buildup. They are worried that an array of new American weapons-the land-based MX and Pershing II, the submarine-launched Trident II, the B-l and "Stealth" bombers, and cruise missiles deployed on land, at sea and in the air-threaten them with vulnerability and inferiority by the 1990s...
Behind the scenes, the most active of the Arab states was Saudi Arabia, whose leaders were upset about the plight of the P.L.O. but did not, as has been reported, threaten to use the "oil weapon" against the U.S. if Washington failed to stop an Israeli attack on West Beirut. Late last week the Saudis quietly invited Lebanese Phalangist Leader Bashir Gemayel to visit Taif, their unofficial summer capital, for talks with King Fahd and several visiting Arab diplomats. Gemayel, a Maronite, is not only leader of the powerful Christian militia known as the Lebanese Forces but a member...
...earlier promise not to employ those deadly weapons in offensive operations, Begin replied that he did not know. Tsongas found that hard to believe. Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, jabbing his finger at Begin, warned that U.S. support for Israel was eroding. Begin shouted back: "Don't threaten us with cutting off aid to give up our principles...