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...White House, Ford and his wife returned home in the limousine he is entitled to as minority leader. Outside their house, neighbors waiting on the sidewalks and lawn burst into applause under the bright lights of the TV camera crews. A Secret Service detail had already established a command post on the front lawn, inspected the property, and pronounced it satisfactory for security. Typically, Mrs. Ford offered to let the agents use a vacant bedroom. They declined, one adding: "Just go on as if we weren't here...
Tlas is popular with the armed forces in part because of his unflinching policy of retaliation against Israeli attacks. Since 1970 he and Assad have consistently favored a coordinated command with Egypt, a policy that led directly to the two-front assault on the occupied territories on Yom Kippur...
...Staff Haim Bar-Lev. Born in Yugoslavia, like Bar-Lev, Elazar, now 48, went to Israel in 1940, soon joined the Palmach, the strike force of the underground Zionist army, and fought in the 1948 war of independence. His military career advanced rapidly as he followed Bar-Lev from command to command until he succeeded him as Chief of Staff in 1971. Last April Elazar predicted, "I don't believe the Egyptian forces have the faintest chance of winning a battle...
Despite the destruction and chaos, the Israelis seemed confident. The command post was re-established in a bunker, and fresh soldiers were pouring in. Golan Heights Commander Major General Yitzhak ("Khaka") Hofi assured us: "Our forces are essentially in a mopping-up operation. The Syrians committed their entire armored force. They wanted to take the Golan and move on to Haifa...
...inheritance. Even after Franklin, now 41, became chairman of Nashville-headquartered Genesco Inc. in 1969, father-son squabbling continued; in 1972 the Genesco board trimmed Franklin Jarman's authority by giving his father "added management responsibilities," but company troubles mounted and Franklin was restored to full command. Last week the younger Jarman displayed his authority by announcing that he would shrink the size of the company that Maxey built...