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...security plan for the one-third of Lebanon not controlled by the Syrians or the Israelis. When the Lebanese President visited the U.S. in December, Administration officials bluntly told him to make peace with his opponents fast, or else wave goodbye to the Marines. "This time it sank in," says a senior U.S. diplomat. "Since then we have kept the blowtorch...
...photographic equipment (1982 sales: $10.8 billion) plunged nearly 50% in the first nine months of 1983 as key products faltered both at home and abroad. The company, which prides itself on the warmth of its employee relations, had to make a series of painful layoffs. Kodak stock, meanwhile, sank 12.5% during the year despite the bull market, making it the worst performer among the 30 blue-chip issues in the Dow Jones industrial average...
Herman Veal and Adrian Branch sank two free throws each in the final minutes last night to lead number five Maryland to a 59-55, Atlantic Coast Conference basketball victory over 12th-rated North Carolina State...
Least Enchanted Ten Weeks: The Broadway revival of Private Lives, in which Resistible Force Richard Burton met Immovable Object Elizabeth Taylor, and the play sank in a wave of critical catcalls...
When he staved off the 12-barrel shotgun named pressure and sank numbers 15 and 16 in a row Saturday night at Briggs Cage, a junior guard named Bob Ferry gave the Harvard men's basketball squad the most drama tie of last-second victories over an extremely talented University of Vermont team...