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Daghe S.A., a computer dealership, had a plan of expansion that was supposed to be completed in 45 days. But 45 days turned out to be a bit too long- range for doing business in Argentina's chaotic economy. Under the plan, the five-year-old company was to inaugurate in late November one of the nation's first all- purpose computer stores, stocked with home computers, accessories and a broad selection of software. But as Gabriel Fagnilli, chief executive officer and part owner of Daghe, flew back from the United States two weeks ago after placing purchase orders, the project was unceremoniously derailed by Argentina's foreign debt crisis.

International The threat to oil supplies posed by the Iran-Iraq war is serious, especially in light of Iran's repeated assertion that it may close the Strait of Hormuz. But oil traders and industry analysts say the world could cope with a loss of the six million barrels of oil a day that pass through the strait. (Page D1.)

The three-year-old war between Iran and Iraq, neighboring nations that sit on top of some of the world's largest oil reserves, is posing the most serious threat of disrupting international oil supplies since the Iranian revolution in 1979. But, for now, the oil market is stable, and many experts are saying that industrial nations could take such a disruption in stride. Fears of an interruption were sparked by unconfirmed reports last week that France, a supporter of Iraq, had delivered five Super Etendard jet fighters to that country. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's president, responded in Baghdad by saying that that delivery of the jets had been ''delayed,'' but that he expected them by the end of October.

Wanda Rivera and Nilsa Velasquez, seniors at Washington Irving High School, were trying to convince an eighth grader that their school was the best. ''In 11th grade, you can work in an emergency room and everything,'' Wanda was saying, explaining a nursing program available at the school. She held the eighth grader, Gayle Bond, by the arm and leaned over the table that stood between them. ''I saw all those cuts and stuff,'' Wanda said. ''It was really good.''

''A while back, a lot of games like Pac-Man I used to like a lot.

The Long Island Lighting Company could be bankrupted if it were forced to absorb as much as $1 billion of the $3.5 billion estimated cost of its Shoreham nuclear plant, according to the draft report by the staff of Governor Cuomo's special commission on Shoreham. The report, issued last week, also concluded that if the reactor were abandoned and Lilco allowed to collect its entire cost from ratepayers over several years, the company would still be driven into bankruptcy unless it were permitted to collect a return each year on the part of the investment it had yet to recover. The study was prepared by utility analysts borrowed from the New York State Energy Office, the Consumer Protection Board and elsewhere. The 13 members of the commission got the study at the end of last month, and are using it and other materials to draft their own report. That final report, originally due at the end of August, is now supposed to be finished before Nov. 1.