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Again, things blew up in Lebanon, giving the rest of the world a grim sense of déjà vu. Beirut's television station suddenly interrupted a news broadcast last Thursday to present startled viewers with the grim visage of Brigadier General Aziz Ahdab, commander of the Beirut military region. In cool, measured tones, he proclaimed a state of emergency and declared that he had just taken control of the country as Military Governor. Giving no hint as to his source of support, Ahdab called on President Suleiman Franjieh and Premier Rashid Karami to resign within 24 hours...
...book does not, however, plow through one grim aspect of Soviet life after another; these are interspersed with light-hearted vignettes and pleasurable memories. The children in particular relate their stories with good-humor, almost bordering on blissful naivete. Katie's list of "what they have in Russia" includes on the Yes side "kvass, chocolate, prune soda pop, long lines, and the Kremlin," and on the No side "Band-Aids, gum, felt-tipped pens, comics, and Coke...
While it may never come to such a grim "doomsday" scenario, the Soviet Union's growing military muscle may well win important victories through mere intimidation. NATO Commander in Chief General Alexander Haig warns that at some future date a specific East-West pressure point could develop, as it did over Berlin and Cuba. This time, the Soviets not only would be stronger, but might also conclude that America's determination to live up to its commitments has been weakened by setbacks in Southeast Asia and southern Africa. Moscow might then risk making tough demands, on the theory...
...drag on profits, Airtemp had run up losses of about $35 million since 1971. The sale was the second coup pulled off by Riccardo and his deputy, President Eugene Cafiero. Last fall they threatened to close Chrysler's beleaguered British subsidiary and add to Britain's grim unemployment picture. Prime Minister Harold Wilson angrily complained that his government had "a pistol at its head." But he eventually came up with $325 million to rescue the subsidiary, which lost $35.5 million during the first half of last year, and keep it operating for another four years...
...cheerful caretaker of the lethal flora is Dr. Guy Hartman, a veteran pediatrician. He started the garden a year and a half ago, not as a grim joke, but as a serious "consciousness-raising" project to make people aware of the hazardous side of the nation's infatuation with horticulture. Last year at least 12,000 Americans were poisoned by plants, some of them fatally. Most of these cases stemmed not from rare, unfamiliar species, but from such garden-variety types as the poinsettia, holly, mistletoe, wisteria and even rhubarb...