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...other Arab nations to lift the oil embargo in recognition of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's effort to arrange an Arab-Israeli settlement. But they had met strong opposition from Algeria, Syria and especially Libya, whose leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, is the Arab world's most vehement critic of the U.S. Those nations would not even attend a meeting two weeks ago in Cairo that was supposed to proclaim what most of the Arab governments already had privately decided: that the embargo should be lifted. Algerian President Houari Boumedienne insisted that the meeting be held in Tripoli...
...successor are gone, it must get along with any kind of regime, from right-wing dictatorship to left-wing populist to outright Communist (witness its Polish contract). Jamieson keeps on his office coffee table a handsome cigarette box presented to him by the late President Sukarno of Indonesia, a vehement foe of both the U.S. and capitalism. Jamieson notes that he has negotiated directly with the Shah of Iran...
...academic bubonic plague," says Acting Dean Harry Yamaguchi of Indiana University's graduate school. New York University Philosophy Professor Robert Gurland is less vehement. "A viable option," he says. To Boston University's Associate Dean Ernest H. Blaustein, "it was a noble experiment that just didn't work." Those three opinions summarize the growing controversy that now marks a once popular academic innovation: the replacement of traditional letter or numerical grades with simple "pass" or "fail" marking systems...
Controversy also upset the effort. Taking the evangelical rhetoric too literally, Jews were initially incensed by the "Christian America" overtones of the campaign. But Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum of the American Jewish Committee, one of the most vehement critics, conceded later that the fracas had actually promoted better Jewish-Christian understanding of evangelism...
...master of transitions. He alternates finger-picking, chording and single notes with intelligence and grace, particularly in "I'm One," and the opening of "5:15." He plays with power, though. Live versions of "Bell Boy" and "The Punk Meets the Godfather" were exercises in controlled violence--loud, vehement, essential--sinple progressions and lines manipulated through pure volume to extract peak effect. Bassist John Alec Entwhistle continues to anchor the band. Dour, rigid, dressed in black, surrounded by performers, he receives little attention. Yet often as not he's playing as much of the lead as Townshend; his progressions...