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...which they consider constitutional and God-given, to cover the Grenada invasion. These are the same individuals who trampled the rights and privacy of others by engaging in the unbelievably tasteless pursuit of families awaiting news of loved ones in the Beirut suicide bombing. The press serves a valuable function, but it has built too lofty a pedestal on which to display...
Yentl. Gotta sing! Gotta dance! Gotta study that Talmud! Filling every function but set decorator on this lavish musical, Barbra Streisand transforms a tale of the shtetl into a moving metaphor for her own determination and talent...
March 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan. Even before a motorcade roars up to a presidential function, agents with metal detectors have carefully screened guests for weapons. Vigilance has also touched the President's weekend jaunts to Camp David; the helicopter departure time from the White House lawn is changed on short notice to make his movements less predictable...
...amphibious vessels offshore. Their place at the airport would then be taken by Lebanese soldiers, by other members of the Multi-National Force, or possibly even by troops from an as-yet-undesignated neutral nation. Within the Administration, some aides question whether the Marines are performing any really effective function in Lebanon. But the President is not prepared to pull them out in the face of Syrian military pressure, and he has considerable support for this position. In his regular radio message last Saturday, Reagan defended his policy and implied that the Marines would stay until Lebanon's "internal security...
...insulin-dependent, or Type I,* diabetes has undergone a quiet revolution. D.S.C.P. is one of several programs that have sprung up around the country to spread the gospel of this movement. Its watchword is tight control, or keeping a close rein on the disease so that the body can function as normally as possible at all times. In practice, this means a lot of hard work...