Lebanon is a tiny, prosperous Middle East state finely balanced on the head of a religious pin. Roughly half Christian and half Moslem, it does not know which sect predominates and is anxious not to find out. It refuses to take a census and traditionally divides the top government posts so that the President is a Christian and the Premier a Moslem.
Despite, or because of, this cautious arrangement, the two religious groups are vigilant rivals. At dawn on Sundays, the bells of Beirut's churches clang so loudly that good Moslems groan and cover their heads. At dawn on other...
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