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Mideast missile crisis intensifies
From AP and UPI Soviet-made SAM (surface-to-air missiles) last week is unquestionable and undebatable," Khaddam said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli Prime Minister after Israeli jetfighters shot down two Syrian helicop-
Menachem Begin said yesterday "only a miracle" ters attacking Israeli-supported Christian Phalangist SYRIAN TROOPS ENTERED Lebanon after the
could bring a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Syrian forces in the norther Bekka valley. 1976 civil war and have remained to police a truce
missile crisis in Lebanon. In Beirut, Syrian Foreign Minister Abdel Halim between rightist Christian militias and Moslems and
As the White House announced it was sending Khaddam said that deployment of surface-to-air their leftist allies. Christians, whose militia receive
veteran Middle East trouble shooter Philip Habib to missiles in Lebanon is an "unquestionable" right of Israeli assistance, claim the Syrians are an army of
the region in an attempt to defuse the crisis, self-defense but that Syria will receive a special en- occupation rather than truce-enforcement.
diplomatic sources in Damascus said Syrian voy President Reagan is sending in an attempt to Begin told an Israeli radio reporter that Israel
President Hafez Assad appeared willing to risk a defuse the Israeli-Syrian crisis. rejected any compromise that would restrict its
"limited conflict." "The Syrian peacekeeping force is the only reconaissance flights over Lebanon and insisted
THE POTENTIALLY-EXPLOSIVE crisis stem- legitimate law-enforcing force in Lebanon and its Damascus .remove its Soviet-made SAM-6 missiles
med from the introduction into Lebanon by Syria of right to self-defense by whatever defensive weapons from Lebanon.
Contacts:
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lenses. Furthermore, they work well
for people with astigmatism (difficulty
in focusing). However, hard lenses
have a greater tendency to "pop out,"
and they take longer to adjust to. Once
adapted to, they can only be worn for
about 12 hours a day since it is harder
for oxygen to permeate the hard lens.
Soft lenses are the most popular lens.
Their main selling point is comfort
because they do not irritate the cornea
of the eyelid as much as hard lenses.
They are a more "natural" lens
because it is easier for the cornea to
"breathe." Most people adjust to soft
lenses within a few days-as opposed to
two weeks for hard lenses-and they
can be worn up to 18 hours a day. Soft
lenses, too, have their drawbacks; they
are more expensive than hard lenses;
they are more fragile and scratch more
easily; their care is more time-
consuming. As far as wearers are con-
cerned, though, the comfort of a soft
lens offsets these disadvantages.
A fourth variety of lens is the gas-
permeable lens. Ann Toureau of the
Detroit Optometric Center calls them
"a very good alternative for people who
have had trouble with both hard lenses
and soft lenses." These lenses are more
akin to hard lenses, but are easier on
the eyes. Contrary to popular opinion,
gas-permeable lenses do not have little
pinholes in them. Instead, their
molecular structure allows some
oxygen to pass through them. Gas-
permeable lenses are made of a more
flexible material than soft lenses and
their costs, both initially and for the ex-
tra care they require, are more than for,
other lenses. Uslan says that their main
value lies in the fact that they are a
"specialty lens," but he cautions that
they are "not a cure-all."
Some of the reasons people are con-
verting to contacts are, according to
Toureau, "comfort, convenience, and
lifestyle." Many students choose to
wear contacts because they are vir-
tually, invisible. Contacts offer more
natural vision ,because the wearer is
always looking through the center of
the lens. Glasses, on the other hand,
have a tendency to fog up, they fall off
more readily, and their frames can
hinder peripheral vision. Contact lenses
also help severely nearsighted people,
or people with scarred or deformed
corneas, by distorting less than glasses.
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