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...Moslems. The Christians, who make up half of Lebanon's 1,700,000 population, were at first outraged, but gradually recognized the wisdom of the Christian commander. As a result, Chamoun stepped down, Chehab was named President by parliament, and when he reluctantly accepted, the U.S. marines withdrew...
...plan of operation that it used in underdeveloped countries-even including spending plans, sales goals and advertising ideas. Campbell Soup saved itself a lot of grief by discovering, before it set up any plants, that Italians could not provide the tomatoes of uniform quality that it insists on; it withdrew...
...sort of "coalition" government with one of the major parties - one in which he would be given power of review over Supreme Court appointments and assurance that never again would civil rights leaders "set foot in the White House." But last week, as abruptly as he had entered, Wallace withdrew as a presidential candidate...
...Shah's oldest and ablest advisers, a reform-minded, pro-West politician who won worldwide notice in March 1946 when he stood before the U.N. Security Council and called attention to the illegal Russian occupation of Iran's Azerbaijan Province, raised such a storm that the Reds withdrew in the face of world opinion; of pneumonia; in Teheran...
...costs and retail prices. Bloom proved as poor at finance as he was spectacular at promotion. Receipts from Rolls's "never-never"-as Britons call installment plans-were passed on to Merchant Sir Isaac Wolfson, who had bankrolled Bloom with a $28 million loan. Spotting trouble, Sir Isaac withdrew his support and sped the downfall...