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Since the Greeks have until Feb. 18 to appeal the report's findings, the Council's members must officially ignore the charges for the time being. As a result, they will confine this week's discussions to a less volatile, though related issue: Did the military-backed regime have any justification for denying basic human liberties to its citizens? The Athens government of Premier George Papadopoulos and his fellow colonels is fearful that suspension from the Council, a powerless but prestigious European mini-U.N., would tarnish Greece's already marred image. Junta officials have threatened...
...Middle East the direct approach is not always the most successful one. Last week a complicated three-way swap of prisoners took place among Israel, Syria and Egypt. Shlomo Samueloff, a Hebrew University physiology professor, and Saleh Muallem, a travel agent, had been held in Damascus since their TWA jet was hijacked on Aug. 29. They were exchanged for 13 Syrians held by the Israelis, including two pilots who had accidentally flown their Syrian Air Force MIG-17s into Israel 16 months ago. In an emotional scene at Lydda airport, Premier Golda Meir hugged and kissed the two returnees...
After the emergency meeting, School Board Chairman Richard Farrell declared last week that "the whole thing was a great misunderstanding" and "the program of observing religious holidays in Marblehead schools will continue as in the past." In Marblehead as elsewhere, it seems, the best Christmas policy is no policy...
...races, last week's Outboard World Championship was the biggest, richest and roughest in history. The eight-hour marathon had 111 drivers fighting for $50,000 in prize money, much of it put up by Havasu's developer, Oilman Robert McCulloch. Between them, Outboard Marine and Kiekhaefer Mercury had no fewer than 40 boats in the field. By the end of the race, most of the craft were fit only for beach-party kindling. Within the first two hours, gusty 20-m.p.h. winds caused at least a dozen boats to flip into spray-spewing somersaults; others slammed sickeningly...
...After weeks of on-again, off-again bargaining, ungentlemanly rancor and disingenuous wrangling, such skepticism was understandable. Yet last week it seemed that the angry artists (orchestra, chorus, dancers and soloists) and the Met management had at last agreed to agree on a compromise. Whether they acted out of real reconciliation or sheer fatigue remained a question...