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Lasting peace will not be achieved until all factions accept long-overdue reforms that will change the unwritten "National Covenant" that gives the Christian minority a disproportionate share of economic and political power in Lebanon. Syria is certain to play an important role in drafting those reforms...
With decorum the unwritten law of the land, the acts so far have produced the first ripples of change. London's Sotheby's, the internationally famed art auction house, has named Libby Howie, 24, as the first female auctioneer in its 232-year history. Linette Simms, 43, black and the mother of six, is now tootling along as the first woman among 350 male London school-bus drivers after previously being turned down because of her sex. And in advertising, notices now solicit "secretaries" instead of "dolly birds...
...interest in profiting by telling tales out of the White House. She has apparently changed her mind. Last week New York Literary Agent Scott Meredith announced that Exner had agreed to write an autobiography and provide details of her relationship with J.F.K. Her asking price for the still unwritten book, said Exner's Attorney, Brian Monaghan, would be "somewhere around $2 million...
...football, the new owners must compensate the old with a player or draft choice of equal value. If the teams cannot strike a deal, the commissioner has the power to set the terms himself. (Hence the name Rozelle rule, for Commissioner Pete Rozelle.) The N.B.A. has a similar, though unwritten, arrangement...
...Under an unwritten but perceived policy, Harvard cops have in the past given trespassers a number of warnings before making arrests. Several police officers on the Harvard force have never made an arrest, Gorski says...