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...Democratic leaders met to re-examine their support of a measure that allows the Marines to stay in Lebanon until April 1985, while three former CIA chiefs, Stansfield Turner, James Schlesinger and William Colby, urged that the men at least be moved from the Beirut airport. Said House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who firmly backed the Marines' extension last fall: "Patience is wearing very thin. There is no way we are going to be idle if the President doesn't do something within the next couple of weeks...
...home team's edge was less imposing than it seemed. Providence Coach Steve Stirling noted the problem with his squad's challenging shots from the blue line. "The defense weren't shooting wide of the net so we could get tip-ins. They were shooting them right down the middle. You aren't going to score on those shots--you have to tip them in, or deflect them...
...evening, Lyle lit a fine cigar. In his new life, he said, talking to his guests was the part he liked best. He raised his snifter, and when he drank, the snifter pushed his half-spectacles from the tip of his nose to the bridge. When he removed the snifter, the eyeglasses slid back, like a beginning skier on a beginners slope...
Pressure to do just that is growing. House Speaker Tip O'Neill announced that he will meet with 14 Democratic Congressmen this week to reassess the House majority's attitude toward Rea gan's Lebanon policy. In September, the Democrats gave Reagan enough votes to extend the Marines' stay in Lebanon until April 1985. An aide to Republican Sena tor Howard Baker said that the Majority Leader also expects a bipartisan push for an early Marine pullout when the Congress reconvenes on Jan. 23. While Rea gan's own rhetoric about not yielding to terrorism...
Colleagues describe Long as a highly disciplined leader but also a "reflective and pragmatic" man who kept an eye on political developments. One of his few friends is House Speaker Tip O'Neill. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Michael Mansfield once referred to Long as "that sailor-diplomat...