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...frequent raids into Angolan territory in search of SWAPO rebels. Whether the talks will contribute to a settlement is another matter. The bleak assessment from General Constand Viljoen, commander of the 20,000 South African troops fighting against SWAPO in Namibia, is that his occupying forces will not be withdrawn from the territory this year...
Shortly after dawn Wednesday, Ochoa came to terms with Garcia through the mediation efforts of provisional President Alvaro Magaña and senior army officers who supported Ochoa's protest but not his tactics. In the compromise, Ochoa's reassignment to Uruguay was withdrawn. He was also promised he would not be arrested or court-martialed. Ironically, Ochoa's insubordination may earn him a prestigious assignment at the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington...
Even if Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement on troop withdrawals, Syrian President Hafez Assad will still have to go along with it. Assad has reportedly made up his mind to remove his 30,000 troops from Lebanon when the Israeli forces are withdrawn. But any Israeli efforts to gain a permanent military foothold in Lebanon could lead to a similar demand by the Syrians, and thus to further delays...
...best at poking fun at himself. "They've got to kid their own eagerness," says Humor Consultant Bob Orben, who wrote for Bob Hope and Jerry Ford. Already Orben is spinning jokes about Glenn "peaking too soon" now that Ted Kennedy has withdrawn. Orben's business is booming. Without money, people can only laugh or cry, and they prefer laughter. Anybody who runs for office these days, says Orben, better have some good jokes. Just ask Ronald (have you heard the one about the pig with the wooden leg? . . . ) Reagan...
Helms paid a price, even for his imagined glory. A third nomination, that of Richard McCormack as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, was also withdrawn from Senate consideration last week. McCormack was a Helms protégé. He was passed over when Democratic Liberals Edward Kennedy and Joseph Biden, angry over what Helms had done to Grey, threatened their own filibuster retaliation-precisely as presidential aides had foreseen...