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...last poll of Democratic preferences before Kennedy withdrew, he had a huge lead: 43% to 13% for Mondale and 7% for Senator John Glenn. Senators Alan Cranston and Gary Hart of California and Colorado are cranking up to run, also former Governor Reubin Askew of Florida and Senator Fritz Rollings of South Carolina. Some impressive Democratic Governors: Robert Graham of Florida, just elected to a second term, and James Hunt...
...campaign. Most bowlers, studies show, are smokers. Brown & Williamson underwrote Kool Jazz Festivals in 20 cities. R.J. Reynolds backs stock-car racing, rodeos, even country music festivals, but it enraged some Bostonians with its "Camel Concerts on the Common" series. GASP (Group Against Smokers' Pollution) protested and Reynolds withdrew its support...
...only $1 million, with up to $7 million of future profits going to the Hearst Corp. Murdoch also assumed pension liabilities. The takeover was in sharp contrast to Murdoch's last attempt at acquisition: unable to get big enough union concessions at the failing Buffalo Courier-Express, he withdrew his bid, and the paper died last September...
...other businesses also applied for licence at the same time but withdrew their bids after community protest surfaced...
Beirut, slowly, is coming back to life. It is a remarkable feat, considering what the city has endured. For most of the summer Beirut was a bloody battleground for Israeli troops and Palestinian guerrillas. By the time both sides finally withdrew, there was no euphoria, only relief that it was over. No one knows how badly Beirut was damaged, but one Lebanese businessman places the cost of rebuilding the city at more than $10 billion. Though it is possible to drive safely from East to West Beirut, passing only the occasional Lebanese army checkpoint, the years of division have left...