CONTAINING TRIPOLI Qaddafi Dreams of Empire by russell warren howe When the grasslands of North Africa began to dry up nearly three millenia ago, creating the sand ocean of the Sahara, what is...
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CHALLENGES FOR THE SPOILER Craxi Gets His Chance BY SILVIO F SENIGALLIA Rome FOR THE first time in its history, Italy has a Socialist chief of government Bettino Craxi, the 49-year-old leader of...
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PICKING A LEADER British Labor Looks to October BY NORMAN GELB THE BRITISH Labor Party is in the process of making a decision that may seal its fate Nominations for Michael Foot's successor as...
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MUBARAK'S REARABIZATION Egypt's Israel Problem BY ELIAHU SALPETER Tel Aviv AT ONE point earlier in the summer, the cool relations prevailing between Israel and Egypt seemed about to thaw a...
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THE CLOSED KINGDOM Letter from Riyadh BY TERRY P CAESAR "Absolutely no visitors allowed any time," warns a sign outside a construction project adjoining King Faisal Specialist Hospital In a way,...
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Writers & Writing POETS OF THE LEFT BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL THE LIVES and verse of two almost-forgotten modern poets, John Wheelwright (1897-1940) and Sherry Mangan (1904-1961), are analyzed by Alan...
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Solidarity in Context Poland: Genesis of a Revolution Edited by Abraham Brumberg Random House 322 pp $19 95 Reviewed by Harold B. Segel Director, Institute on East Central Europe, School of...
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Acting President The Chester A. Arthur Conspiracy By William Wiegand Dial 446 pp $16 95 Reviewed by Joseph E. Illick Professor of History, San Francisco State University Our very obscure 21st...
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Snob as Statesman Disraeli By Sarah Bradford Stem and Day 432 pp $19 95 Reviewed by Selden Rodman Author, "Tongues of Fallen Angels," "Artists in Tune with Their World' After finishing a long...
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On Stage FROM ST TROPEZ TO WALES BY LEO SAUVAGE THREE YEARS ago David Merrick successfully opened the Broadway season before Labor Day with his revival of 42nd Street at the Winter Garden The...
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Dear Editor The Pope in Poland At the risk of sounding like a misinformed cynic, I must dispute Andrew J Glass' fervently admiring assessment of the Pontiffs latest jaunt to his homeland ("The...
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