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Diplomatic observers believe that Rifaat negotiated his return during a secret visit to Damascus in October and in talks with presidential envoys subsequently sent to Europe. Among his intentions is to regain command of Syria's elite Defense Companies, a position he lost earlier this year, in part because of his rash use of the unit during a three-way power struggle. Hafez Assad, 54, was then recuperating from a heart attack. By all appearances in recent months, the President's recovery has been complete...
...instead her son, played by Ron Silver, whose screen presence can be likened to a lost beagle. All the time he is on the screen, which is all too often, Silver seems to get lost in Lumet's white washed urban setting. Only when Bancroft appears does Garbo Talks regain its force and almost all of it's humor...
...arise from the debacle of 1984, Democrats must regain that distinction. Most now seem to realize that pointing to past achievements, no matter how glorious, is not enough. New ideas are a snap to disparage ("Where's the beef?"), but good new ideas are essential. "The shoe is on the Democratic foot," says Historian James MacGregor Burns. "The party must carry through the current process of realignment and formulate and fight for a clear, comprehensive alternative to Reagan rule." -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Robert Ajemian/Washington and Kenneth W. Bantu/New York, with other bureaus
...downcast Democrats, the results of Senate races provided the one swath of cheerful news. The party did not regain the majority control it lost in 1980, but the power has shifted a solid bit its way. The net gain of two seats will reduce the G.O.P. majority to 53 to 47. Moreover, the ideological tilt will be even greater than the simple partisan tally indicates, since the two lost Republican seats are going, in effect, to liberal Democrats. Because of the shift, the Senate is more likely to slip back under Democratic sway in 1986, when almost twice as many...
...biggest problem you have is how to regain your confidence." Cozza says. "I'm sure the kids thought, 'here we go again...