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...Palestine. Though Fatah receives most of its funds from the gulf states, primarily Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian diaspora, it is the only group without binding ties to an Arab government. That independence, along with the fact that about 80% of the P.L.O.'s fighters are under its command, has made Fatah a formidable power base for Arafat...
...Libya, Habash has clashed repeatedly with Arafat. During the late '60s, some disillusioned Habash supporters set up two splinter groups that are just as radical: the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Naif Hawatmeh, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, led by Ahmed Jibril. Both also enjoy strong support from Syria. Other groups include the Libyan-and Iraqi-backed Popular Struggle Front and Saiqa, a guerrilla force that serves practically as a division of the Syrian army...
...possible that Paul Volcker has had his fill of running American money policy and may now want to make a little more money himself. The $69,800 he earns annually as Fed chairman pales in comparison with the $500,000 or so he could command in the private sector. Not that megabucks or family problems have ever swayed him. "With him," says a friend, "the job is the thing, and people like that don't change." While Volcker's term as a member of the Federal Reserve Board runs until 1992 and he could remain even under another...
...honesty of the press, a heavy blow is dealt to democracy and to the social contract upon which it is based, and the foundations of the future freedom of the press are weakened. It seems to me that the moral obligations of the press to society should, at Harvard, command greater respect than they might elsewhere. I do not like to seem to be lecturing you on this point, but as a citizen I cannot help but have a feeling of trust betrayed. Howard L. Resnik off Associate Vice President for Information Services and Technology
DIED. William Henry Tunner, 76, Air Force general and genius of military air transport; of heart disease; in Gloucester, Va. He commanded three of the 20th century's historic airlifts: the World War II cargo transport over the Himalayan "Hump" from India to China, the massive 1948-49 Berlin operation that moved 13,000 tons a day of coal and food to the Soviet-blockaded city, and the Korean War's Combat Cargo Command that air-dropped supplies to U.S. troops trapped in North Korea by the Chinese...