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...violations could be reported. The delegates, however, failed to concur on who would be stationed at the outpost or where it would be located. Meanwhile, there is disagreement over the "neutral observers" in the field who will watch over the ceasefire. The U.S., along with the members of the Multi-National Force (France, Italy and Britain), are pressing for a force of 600 that would in some way be affiliated with the U.N. In a blistering speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York City last week, however, Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam rejected any U.N. connection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Strange Sounds of Silence | 10/10/1983 | See Source »

...needless to say, is a long way from being completely safe. Random shells fired by gunners in the Chouf Mountains explode in Shatila and virtually every other neighborhood, underscoring a cruel and dangerous irony facing not only the Italians but also the American, French and British troops in the Multi-National Force (MNF). By doing their job as peace keepers, the approximately 5,400 members of the MNF are being drawn with seeming inexorability into the country's increasingly chaotic civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peace Keepers with a Difference | 10/3/1983 | See Source »

That platform would consist of planks like affirmative action, universal health care, withdrawal of American military involvement from Central America, and passage of the ERA. Within a multi-racial coalition, Black issues would not be seen as simple effects of racism, but rather part of a complex of class/race/gender oppression. The strategy rests not on the candidate, but on the candidate's ability to articulate the issues...

Author: By Mark E. Feinberg, | Title: A Leader for the Future | 10/1/1983 | See Source »

...been to a lot of rallies, let me tell you, a lot of rallies," Palumba says. "And this was special. Families, yes. And I noticed the elderly there. People dressed for church. And you're not going to see many [marches that are] multi-racial... It was amazing...

Author: By Charles D. Bloche, | Title: Dusting Off the Dream | 9/20/1983 | See Source »

...That standoff has given the noncommercial Public Broadcasting Service a chance to top its giant rivals: last week Anchors Robert MacNeil and James Lehrer doubled up their MacNeil-Lehrer Report, a nightly half hour on some single topic that was the most widely viewed program on PBS, into a multi-issue roundup, The MacNeil/Lehrer Lehrer NewsHour. Though envious, the commercial networks applauded. Said NBC News President Reuven Frank: "We hope the hour is so successful that we are forced to emulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: How Much Better Twice As Long? | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

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