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Portrait Of The Week

U S ships stationed off the Lebanese coastline shelled the Chouf mountains behind Beirut which were occupied by Druze and Palestinian opponents of the country's Christian......

Books Wanted

OXFORD BOOK OF MYSTICAL VERSE and 'Teresa of Avila' — a play, author unknown. Matthew Parris, 41 Bramfield Rd, London SW11. MARINA WARNER: 'The Dragon Empress'. M. Evans, 8......