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Doing Without The Arabs

Nicholas von Hoffman Washington Mr Reagan called the Israeli raid on the Baghdad atomic installation a 'tragedy', but • he didn't even bother to shake his head from side to......

The Logic Of The French

Sam White Paris Seven weeks ago — it now seems like seven years ago — the then President Giscard asked his challenger, the present President Mitterrand, in the course of a......