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...water and taping their windows for blackouts. At several synagogues, services were interrupted as the sextons stood up and called out the names of young men who were being summoned to duty; other worshipers, on hearing the news, quickly folded their prayer shawls and departed; some returned later, in uniform, to bid their families goodbye. That day, Israeli warplanes buzzed Israel's principal cities, perhaps as a signal for air force call-ups; but it was a curious occurrence, because planes had never flown over Israel during Yom Kippur before...
...fellow Egyptians that "the stage of total confrontation" with Israel was soon to begin. To prepare for it, Sadat, 55, reshuffled his government and named himself Premier and Military Governor General in addition to President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces. He visited front-line posts in uniform and was photographed peering through field glasses at Israeli fortifications. "We believe in our destiny," said Sadat. "We do not shrink from any sacrifice...
...close this credibility gap. As a result, friends and enemies alike long ago decided that his calls for confrontation were insincere. For one thing, Egypt seemed to be pathetically ill-prepared for any battle, militarily or economically. The troops mobilized along the Suez Canal seemed to be in uniform as much to keep many of them out of civilian unemployment statistics as to harass Israel. Largely because of faulty distribution facilities, there were shortages of everything from cooking oil to the tomatoes that Egyptians love. Corruption was rampant, protests increased, and repression followed. When university students demonstrated in the spring...
...Saturday's season opener against UMass, sophomore Dan Jiggetts was the only black in uniform on the Harvard side of the field. It was a hard thing to overlook...
Asked for his comment on the hearings after their conclusion, Businger answered "Ridiculous." He added that he has a bill presently under consideration by the House that would establish a uniform set of questions for potential registrants throughout the state...