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Since his arrival three days earlier--it was his second visit to Beirut in less than a week--Waite said, he had met with the kidnapers twice at secret locations in the city. Waite said he was satisfied "beyond all doubt" that he was dealing with the real kidnapers, believed to be members of Islamic Jihad, a shadowy Shi'ite Muslim extremist movement. "The situation remains very dangerous," he emphasized. "False steps, however well intentioned, that interfere with the process I have started could end in disaster...
Distrust of government pronouncements has helped create an almost constant panic among the tens of thousands of Colombians still huddled at the base of the smoldering volcano. Twice since the initial mudslide they have been sent scampering to high ground after false reports of new eruptions. "Is it going to explode again? Please tell me the truth," implored Norma Duque de Ramirez, a former telephone worker in the mountain city of Manizales, where an international team of volcanologists have gathered to study Nevado del Ruiz. The scientists were far from reassuring. "This volcano is potentially at the beginning of activity...
...about Television City has an odd retro quality. The project seems inspired by a Believe It or Not sensibility, the equation of freakish size and glamour that plays well these days only in Las Vegas. Sure, sipping a martini at sunset 150 stories up would be swell--once or twice. But Trump, a man entranced by superlatives, seems not to realize that few people any longer share his obsession with building a still taller tallest skyscraper...
...charisma and oratorical skills. The timing of the announcement did not appear to coincide with any worsening of Khomeini's health. Last Saturday the Ayatullah stood in public for 30 minutes to deliver a speech marking the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. Khomeini walked comfortably and unaided. WEST GERMANY Twice Bought, Twice Bombed...
...contributes to a number of problems during pregnancy, says Dr. John Niles of Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington: "Teenagers are 92% more likely to have anemia, and 23% more likely to have complications related to prematurity, than mothers aged 20 to 24." All of this adds up to twice the normal risk of delivering a low-birth-weight baby (one that weighs under 5.5 lbs.), a category that puts an infant in danger of serious mental, physical and developmental problems that may require costly and possibly even lifelong medical care...