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...Death of a Princess [May 19] is the exploitation of a pathetic human tragedy. How lovely it would have been if PBS had withdrawn the program, not because of pressure but simply out of respect for another country's religious beliefs and customs. Such an act of kindness might have been one small step toward peace, a healing balm for our frightened and anguished world...
...perhaps status quo. If we had moved faster on certain decisions, perhaps other problems, like the future of Jerusalem, wouldn't have arisen the way they did. One of the things that Camp David says is that if an agreement is reached, the military government is to be withdrawn. I'll be the happiest man on and to see that we Israelis let the Arabs in the West Bank and Gaza view their own lives if they behave themselves from the point of view of subversion. At the same time I think the Egyptians made a mistake...
...preparing to break the rebel seizure of Kwangju. For nine days the city had been under the control of some 200 dissident students who had led a full-scale citizens' insurrection, seizing all government buildings and most police stations. For nine days, several thousand troops that had been withdrawn from the center of the city were poised at the outskirts. Other troops, including three crack paratrooper brigades, had been dispatched to encircle the city. On the tenth day this small army, totaling 17,000 men, finally moved into the troubled city...
...from Great Britain and Australia, equestrians from France, Switzerland and Australia -will deprive those events of much of their competitive stature. There will probably be additional dropouts from the Olympics by individual athletes whose countries have decided to go. A quarter of Australia's Olympic-bound athletes have withdrawn in the face of a public outcry over the country's decision not to boycott and the prospect of poor competition in some events. Among those stay-at-homes is Tracey Wickham, 17, holder of world records in two swimming events...
...York City and then returned to Louisiana. He served two years in the Army, chiefly based in Puerto Rico, where he wrote his novel. He went back to New Orleans to teach and to find a publisher. Years passed with no success. As his frustrations continued, Toole grew increasingly withdrawn. He was found asphyxiated...