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...would also tacitly agree not to engage Syrian forces. In short, no more Syrian helicopters would be shot down in incidents like the one that sparked the present crisis. The Palestinians, meanwhile, were considering going along with an understanding that they stop shelling northern Israel in return for a halt in Israeli bombardment of their strongholds in southern Lebanon...
...weather was favorable in many parts of the country this winter, and this helped spur buying from late 1980 into January and February. At the same time, businessmen sought to halt the rapid decline in inventories that occurred in the final months of 1980. The resulting increase in production, outside of autos, accounted for almost half of the first quarter surge. Concluded Charles Schultze, President Carter's chief economic adviser: "This economy is a lot more resilient in the face of higher interest rates than we ever thought...
...small intestine and the 5 ft. of large intestine. Typically this inch-by-inch examination is repeated two or three times to make certain no injury escapes notice. Any bleeding vessels are quickly sewed and any holes in the intestine are clamped. The first objective is to halt the loss of blood to keep the patient from slipping into shock-the most immediate danger in abdominal wounds. The other is to prevent the seepage of infection-causing bacteria into the abdominal cavity...
West Berlin's elections were held two years early because a scandal over municipal building contracts forced the resignation of S.P.D. Mayor Dietrich Stobbe last January. To halt the decline of the S.P.D. in its onetime bastion, Schmidt had sent his federal justice minister, Hans-Jochen Vogel, 55, to take over as mayor and prepare for new elections. A popular former mayor of Munich widely regarded as Schmidt's heir apparent, Vogel made an impressive effort. He stopped officials from forcibly evicting squatters and stumped the city, pumping hands, urging restraint, promising reform. A pre-election poll...
...contested." The petitioners were right. King Henry VIII of England had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn and wanted a son and heir by her. He was determined to put aside his wife, Catherine of Aragon. But when Catherine appealed to Pope Clement VII, the Pope ordered Henry to halt his annulment proceedings. Henry, as the 75 bishops and courtiers warned in their petition to Rome, would not allow his will to be contested. When the Pope refused, the King of England broke with Rome...