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...easy relationship between Shultz and President Reagan has boosted morale at the State Department and eased tensions with the White House staff. Alexander Haig, Shultz's predecessor, was convinced that Reagan aides in the West Wing often engaged in a "guerrilla war" against him, but the antagonisms have disappeared under the new Secretary...
...undisputed center of terrorism for a variety of reasons. Traditionally, the country has been known as a land of asylum. It has favored an open visa system, a loose border policy and lax airport checks. Mitterrand has adopted a less stringent policy toward terrorists than his conservative predecessor, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing...
...uncovered all four of the Great Temple's sides, discovering that it was a far more complex structure than early chronicles had suggested. Begun in 1325, it was constructed in successive stages, each Aztec Emperor making his own contribution by building a new temple on top of his predecessor's. So far the archaeologists have sliced into seven major levels, plus several minor ones. The best-preserved is the second, completed in 1390, a date derived from a plaque inscribed with carvings from the 52-year Aztec calendar. Even the bases of the shrines to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc...
...Israeli acceptance of a P.L.O. recognition deal would seem to require heavier pressure on the Jewish state than any U.S. Administiation has ever exercised. There are signs, however, that Washington may be edging into a mood to exert such pressure. Shultz is less sympathetic to Israeli policy than his predecessor, Alexander Haig. His boss, President Ronald Reagan, is reported by aides to be "livid" at Begin over the invasion of Lebanon and the civilian deaths it has caused. As a sign of displeasure, Reagan last week held up a shipment of cluster artillery shells to Israel while his Administration continued...
...announcement from Paris, President Reagan ordered the Commerce Department to study the legal implications of the French move. But he went out of his way to play down the Euro-American feud. Reagan stressed to a television interviewer in St. Louis that Mitterrand had inherited the contract from his predecessor, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Said Reagan: "Our allies pointed out to us that they had already gone forward to the point that they did not feel they could retreat." Washington could try to impose penalties, including fines and blacklisting in the U.S., if Alsthom-Atlantique and Nuovo...