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There is no reason to assume that the Watergate tapes have been tampered with; that would be a major undertaking. Most experts believe that the necessary know-how could not be found in the U.S. Government, not even among the engineers of the Army Strategic Communications Command. Such skills are scarce even outside Government. Estimates of the number of people able to accomplish the task range from half a dozen to 1,000. Moreover, not even a qualified man with the nerve and skill of the Jackal would be enough. He would also have to be willing to leave himself...
...clanked off toward the south. Passing a bombed-out Egyptian coast-guard camp, we saw Egyptian dead sprawled in shallow trenches. As we drove along the Great Bitter Lake, we could see smoke rising from Suez far to the south. Finally, we were dropped off in a forward command post, where I was given a lift in the APC of a colorful brigadier general. Let's call him "Tallo" (it is a violation of Israeli censorship to publish the names of brigade commanders). Moshe, the APC machine gunner, had cautioned me to sleep near the vehicle because shelling...
Almost 2,000 years before Islam's rise, the ancient Jews took possession of their promised land under the rubric of divine command. As recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy, the idolaters occupying the area were to be annihilated completely: men, women, children, "as the Lord your God commanded you." Such enemies were herem-proscribed abominations whose pagan practices threatened contagion. History is unclear how often this "commandment" was carried out, but Joshua seems to have applied it with vigor against Canaan...
...year-old Harvard Business School graduate, is offering 2,000,000 copies of a single title, Dark Star, for only 15? each. The plot: prim secretary competes with dusky movie starlet for affections of compelling Latin. Dealers across the U.S. are getting the book free; it would normally command about 36? wholesale, 60? retail...
...Finley, who gleefully drenched coaches, players and bystanders on his sweeps downfield. With the Brown players as reluctant as the Crimson to battle for a loose ball kicked into a flooded area of the field, Finley had little trouble turning the tide his way. Unfortunately, Finley's command of the waterways wasn't enough to overcome the inconsistent play of the rest of the team...