Word: war-torn
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...President began by noting that "today has been a day that should make us proud." It marked the successful completion, ahead of schedule and without significant incident, of the U.S.-mediated P.L.O. evacuation from Beirut, and meant that "we can now help the Lebanese to rebuild their war-torn country." But, he said, putting Lebanon back together should be only a start. "We must also move to resolve the root causes of conflict between Arabs and Israelis." He identified the most troublesome root as being the "homelessness of the Palestinian people," coupled with Israeli fear that fulfilling their demands...
...Rome, urged Eugenic Pacelli, the Vatican Secretary of State and later Pope Pius XII, to set up a modern stock portfolio to manage the funds better. After Pacelli became Pope, he decided to set up a bank. The IOR, established in 1942, served to shield some Vatican money from war-torn Europe...
...Saudis apparently wanted Gemayel to agree to the P.L.O.'s retention of both a limited military and political presence in the war-torn country, but under Lebanese sovereignty. Under the Saudi plan, a force of 800 to 1,000 Palestinian soldiers would stay in Lebanon, while the remaining guerrilla forces, which may number as high as 35,000, would leave for Jordan, Syria and Egypt, but always subject to local control. Backed with weapons from the Israelis, the Christian Phalange has in the past fought the Muslims and the P.L.O. On his return to Lebanon, Gemayel warned the P.L.O...
...design-a cross between a World War II field radio and a shrunken instrument panel of a DC-3-the 24-lb. machine combined most of the features of a fully loaded Apple or Radio Shack computer. Better yet, it was completely portable. Sales immediately took off, and some 30,000 units have been sold to date. Osborne carry-along machines are already being used in courtrooms (lawyers' briefs can be recalled on the screen for a quick read), in the wilds of Kenya (to gather zoological research) and in war-torn Afghanistan (U.S. Freelance Writer David Kline used...
RENO, Nevada--An informal survey of students at the University of Nevada at Reno has found that fewer than 20 percent know the location of El Salvador and only 2.5 percent can accurately describe the situation in the civil war-torn country...