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...giant would strengthen Syria's credentials to be Arab standardbearer. Though the terms of the 1980 Soviet pact with Damascus have never been revealed, officials in Moscow have hinted that Soviet troops would enter the fray only if Syrian territory were invaded. According to British intelligence officials, Moscow would unleash the Soviet-manned SA-5s to counter a full-scale Israeli move against Syrianheld Lebanon, but it would hold its fire in the face of a U.S. offensive, leaving it to the Syrians to retaliate. Administration officials believe that the Syrian attacks on U.S. reconnaissance planes were not an invitation...
...invasion of Lebanon. The transition from Begin to Shamir in October and the ongoing economic crisis have intensified this perception. U.S. planners see Shamir as moving forcefully as a leader now and believe that his stronger ties with Washington may impress Syria. "The idea that we plan to unleash the Israelis on Syria is just not right," insists one U.S. official. "But if Syria sees that neither we nor Israel intends to give way, it may behave differently." The new arrangements were meant, says one senior Administration official, as "a message to Syria and a message to the Soviets...
...hardly happy about the decision The FCC left AT&T fully regulated, as the dominant carrier by far of long-distance calls. The company still must submit rate changes to the Government and justify them with elaborate data. Said an AT&T official: "It's unfair to unleash our competition while forcing us to play by the old rules...
...Physicists, having recently discovered that gravity could warp space and time, were now catching glimpses of an even wilder idea: that at its fundamental level, of atomic particles, the universe was governed entirely by chance. There was not a hint of the powerful forces these ideas would eventually unleash...
...plan to install Pershing IIs were abandoned, West Germany would move from the head of the line of countries deploying new missiles to near the end, since it would receive cruise missiles only after Britain, Italy and Belgium. Any sign that West Germany was weakening its commitment might unleash doubts among other NATO allies, not just about West German but also about American resolve, thereby threatening the entire missile deployment scheme. Washington will not have to worry about Britain. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is so committed to the NATO decision that she will deploy cruise missiles...