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...combat environment justifies extraordinary measures, including the suspension of personal rights. But as Admiral Metcalf eloquently noted, serious military opposition evaporated soon after the initial American assault. Military action continues only in the form of occasional sniper fire in the wooded areas. That the temporary Grenadian government would resort to nonexistent hostilities as a convenient excuse to restrict democratic rights only strengthens the position of Reagan's critics and narrows the moral gap between American and Soviet behavior...
...pulling down posts could be followed by some combination of beefed-up security or changes in goalpost construction. Some school facilities have goalposts that cannot be overturned or posts too light to be dangerous. If the schools decide that keeping fans off the field is essential, they could even resort to the moats and chain-link fences of other pro sports...
...council who voted to approve the concept of a campus-wide "Bahamas Party" in he held the first weekend of January reading period. The party's door prize will be a trip for two to the Hahamas or some other comparable resort, to be financed by admission charges as well as the council's social committee budget...
There is also, however, the chance that without Arafat's personal unifying leadership the P.L.O. will shatter into many parts, some of which may, for want of any alternative, resort to terrorism. "That would be worse for us all," noted a State Department official...
...Assad ordered his army to help Christian militiamen obliterate the Palestinian refugee camp of Tel Zaatar in Beirut, killing 3,000 Palestinians. When Assad failed to have Arafat deposed at a P.L.O. central committee meeting in August (Arafat actually received a nearly unanimous vote of confidence), Assad decided to resort to force...