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...which was to have been started with some 1982 full-size models, has been put off for at least a year. The requirement to equip cars with dashboard gauges that tell drivers when their tires are underinflated was eliminated. The Reagan Administration also modified the regulation requiring bumpers to withstand crashes at speeds of up to 5 m.p.h. without a dent...
...brought it up again for two reasons. First, he views the Palestinians as the linchpin in a comprehensive Middle East agreement under the Camp David accords. Second, he feels that the present Palestinian leadership, notably that of Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat, is unable to withstand pressures from Syria and the U.S.S.R. Sadat reasons that a government in exile formed by all Palestinians, P.L.O. members as well as Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, might yield a stronger leadership. It would also help the Palestinians move toward a more neutral position, which would enhance...
...spirited oratory with which Begin once stirred his followers to action. All that remained was an almost irrational obsession to cling to power for a few more weeks or months, even if he no longer had an effective mandate to govern. Day after day, in an unseemly bid to withstand an opposition call for early elections, Begin's ministers scrambled to buy another vote or two in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset...
...doesn't your experience as a Governor tell you that if a lot of acreage were turned back to the states, it would be much more vulnerable to rapid development because state governments are less able than Washington to withstand all of the pressure from business interests...
...cussedness is legendary. It will kick its master when it is annoyed, and spit cud at curious bystanders. Despite its vile temper, the camel is prized for its ability to withstand searing desert temperatures with a bagful of survival tricks. Among them are its unusual abilities to retain water in the bloodstream (with the help of high concentrations of a special kind of albumin), sweat so little that its skin almost always feels dry, and keep out heat with a coat of thick...