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...June sunrise to demolish Arab air power in five hours and Arab armies in six days. Since then, the Middle East balance has scarcely shifted, despite Arab threats of renewed war and big-power efforts toward peace. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's war of attrition, designed "to regain by force that which was taken by force," has been foiled by successful Israeli reprisals and pre-emptive strikes. The result is a war of stalemate-what Guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat last week called "the war of the long breath" (see color pages...
Terrell may have a chance to regain the Foster Cup in a few years. He is seeking a fellowship in England or France next year, but plans to return to the Harvard Law School after that...
...Hanoi has done no more than regain what was lost last fall. It is highly unlikely that the North Vietnamese seek the thankless burden of occupying all of Laos. But it would be surprising if, during the current offensive, they did not try to bloody the government's nose by pushing a bit farther than before...
Scientists have somewhat lamely avoided the question by suggesting that Pteranodon plunged off high cliffs in order to build up sufficient air speed for its gliding flight. But if it could not regain altitude in flight, how did it climb back to the cliff top again on its woefully inadequate legs? And how did it take off from the water after fishing...
...Temple grounds by Israeli soldiers in 1967. Outwardly, it is a cycle from defeat to victory. Inwardly, it represents the record of a profound moral dilemma. For the ancient Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed only three weeks after its defenders broke a tenet of the religious law. To regain the Temple, Jews were taught, would involve not force of arms but strict observance of moral law. Wiesel states the problem by telling a parable about an undiscovered kingdom that maintains impregnable defenses-except on the Sabbath...