Word: controller
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...Christians, mainly Arabic-speaking Maronites, who make up about 42% of Lebanon's 3 million population, control the eastern sector of Beirut and some 400 miles of northern hinterland. The Christians in Beirut are themselves divided, along feudal family lines, into two main warring factions-the strongly rightist Phalange, headed by 75-year-old Pierre Gemayel, and the slightly more moderate National Liberal Party of former President Camille Chamoun...
...Israelis, who have been actively backing the Christian militias in Beirut with arms and training since the start of the civil war, apparently aim to keep the country divided and neutralized. Through a surrogate force headed by a maverick Christian officer, Saad Haddad, the Israelis also effectively control a buffer zone just inside Lebanon's southern border...
...reorganization of AT&T is part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to loosen Government control over the communications industry. Last April the FCC ruled that the phone company could enter the field of computer communications, from which it has been previously barred. But at the same time, Washington required that AT&T separate its new computer operations from its traditional telephone services. The new corporate structure will result in two almost separate companies, one to handle the regulated phone business and Baby Bell to sell the rapidly expanding array of equipment, from picture phones to computers, that...
...order to simplify splitting itself in two, Bell is planning to gain more central control over its empire. It will spend $1 billion to buy out minority shareholders in four Bell System companies not already entirely controlled, including New England Telephone and Pacific Northwest Bell. The company will also set up a new wholly owned subsidiary, AT&T International, which will control all foreign operations...
Under a scorching sun, temperatures hung in triple digits this summer for as long as a month in some places, prompting a wave of press stories about 1,000-plus deaths resulting from the heat. The headlines may actually have been too cool. The Atlanta-based Center for Disease Control has now verified 148 such deaths during July in Kansas City alone. About 450 people received emergency care in hospitals, and untold numbers consulted private physicians...