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...Ozick is careful never to allow the prose-poetry pattern to weaken the fabric of the novel. A device that might have seemed sloppy or contrived in the hands of a less skilled novelist, this language effectively heightens the sensual flavor of Ozick's work...
...week the symbol of this ancient and hopelessly intricate struggle became the hill town of Suq al Gharb. Here the Druze, having already virtually driven the Christian militiamen out of the mountains, hoped also to hold off the army of the Christian-led government. Here the Syrians hoped to weaken the Gemayel government, and here the Palestinians hoped to win a victory and perhaps a chance to return to West Beirut. The government and its army knew that they must make a stand. At midweek Gemayel, who has been slow in his efforts to broaden his political base or even...
ARGENTINA. The costly Falkland war has helped to weaken Argentina's ability to service its $40 billion of foreign debt. The country will have to borrow $1.5 billion this year just to help pay off some $4.5 billion in interest. Banks that extended the country $6.6 billion in short-term credits before last year's war now fear that Buenos Aires will seek to stretch out those loans...
...delay seemed to signal that Begin would still be open to friendly persuasion. During the Monday-morning gathering in the Prime Minister's offices, one coalition leader after another pleaded with Begin to stay on, arguing that his departure might bring Labor Leader Shimon Peres to power and weaken the Israeli position in Lebanon and the West Bank. Begin sat through the meeting in stone-faced silence and told his political allies that he would let them know his final decision within...
...American movement to weaken apartheid in South Africa by reducing U.S. involvement there is now at one of its strongest positions ever. For the first time, the traditionally divided group has found organizational unity and philosophical focus in a single goal: forcing divestiture of all public and institutionally held funds from corporations that do business in South Africa...