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...expert policing and harsh retaliation, has virtually sealed its borders against them and forced its neighbors to bring the guerrillas under control. The fedayeen are powerless in Jordan, kept on a tight rein in Syria, and restricted in Lebanon. The result is that they have been reduced to occasional random terrorism that is ruthless but scarcely effective in either overthrowing Arab leaders opposed to them or restoring Palestine to Arab control. Some Al Fatah leaders are even talking about investing in nightclubs and laundries as a hedge against the time when contributions may dry up (Saudi Arabia has not paid...
...STANLEY ELLIN 179 pages. Random House...
After a protracted controversy, McArthur and his assistant, Louis Norris, agreed to resign at Berman's request. Berman declared the debate "a closed issue," but he also proposed new policy guidelines that emphasize "serious, intellectual, disciplined study." The guidelines declare that the endowment "is not interested in random speculation about contemporary events but only in the application of rigorous humanistic thinking...
EPISTLE TO A GODSON by W.H. AUDEN 77 pages. Random House...
What sort of creature could commit such an act? Could the seemingly random slaughter have any kind of meaning...