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Baltimore Manager Earl Waver, whose use of pinchhitters played a large part in Saturday's come-from-behind, 9-6 victory, yesterday started his ace pitcher, Mike Flanagan...
...Arab world. The continued upheaval in Iran and the growth of Soviet influence in South Yemen and the Horn of Africa have convinced many Saudis that the U.S. is no longer a trustworthy bulwark against radical change and Communist encroachment in the area. As the U.S. is perceived to waver, the Saudis are especially mindful that the Soviet Union must begin importing essential oil supplies by the early 1980s. And Saudi Arabia is acutely aware that the U.S.S.R. is not very far away, either in distance or influence. TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Dean Brelis, after a visit to Riyadh last...
With three records to his name, each a masterpiece, only the most prejudiced or uninformed listener will dismiss Costello as "just another new-waver" or "a boring punk." He's new wave only chronologically, and Armed Forces makes use of a diversity of styles most performers today are too incompetent or unimaginative to handle. If he can hold his paranoia in check, and prevent it from freezing all humanity out of his music, Elvis Costello may well go on to dominate the next decade the way his namesake dominated the '50s. At least until 1984, that...
...drama, played the lead role, gave the epilogue. He was attentive to the Congressmen, one of whom is half his age, just 18 when the shots were fired on Nov. 22, 1963. He was not afraid to describe the shots, the blood, the brains, the feeling. Connall did not waver. The men in front of him were reduced to size. Once he referred to "Senator" Kennedy. John Kennedy had never really been more than that to the Texans...
...take advantage of the momentum they have been building over the past few months, ERA supporters agree that the issue must come to a vote before the legislative session closes on June 30. A number of representatives continue to waver, however, and the amendment's supporters are wary of calling for a vote until they are sure they have maximum support. Worries League of Women Voters Lobbyist Gloria Craven: "Taking a stand on an issue like this in an election year is tough." Regardless of what happens, Naomi Ross of the National Organization for Women maintains that ERA'S foes...