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...least two goals: to consolidate their hold over a 400-sq.-mi. Christian-dominated area to the north and east of Beirut, and to merge the various Christian militia units into a Phalangist-run "national guard" consisting of 40,000 men. They reportedly offered Camille Chamoun the titular leadership of the new coalition in return for his cooperation. Dany Chamoun accused the Phalangists of "treachery" and of committing "atrocities." His father said nothing, apparently hoping to protect his followers. Already about 300 members of his defeated militia had taken refuge in areas controlled either by Franjieh or by their...
...Olympics serve also at least as a titular celebration of amateur athletics. As amateurism has fallen almost entirely into abeyance, however, this function means less and less. All athletes, to gain the quality necessary to compete in modern Games, must live for their sport. They must, in some way, gain their support from it, either as students in Western countries or as "soldiers" in Eastern ones. And when the most successful of these athletes can look forward to special rewards after their playing days are over, like the Kellogg's advertising contract awaiting skater Eric Heiden, then they are pros...
...Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's office announced that the onetime officer, Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, 57, will be assuming a rather different command. In January he will replace F. Donald Coggan, who is retiring at age 70 as Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of the Church of England and titular head of the world's 65 million Anglicans, including America's Episcopal Church...
This time around, however, director Gerald Freedman has not skimped on the titular tempest. The ship's crew stands on deck, swaying in unison. The foreyard and rope ladders are raised, and the sound of eight bells signals high noon. The sky darkens and one hell of a storm strikes. The crew and noble passengers are eventually pitched into the roiling sea, represented by the violent agitation of a huge black cloth, and are saved from drowning by a bevy of naiads in turquoise body-stockings...
...deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better taste...