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BRAD SHERMAN Democrat--California 24th Despite his controversial stand in favor of taxing cartoon reproductions, Sherman will continue his party's 52-year hold on this district...
...final league contest of the week, Dartmouth (6-2, 3-2) defeated Columbia (3-4-1, 3-2) for the 24th consecutive time, 43-27. The victory, its fifth in a row, moves the Big Green into a tie for third place in the Ivy standings...
...Norm called saying he had talked to his commanders and needed still another delay to start the ground war, to the 26th. He had the latest weather report in hand, he said, and bad weather was predicted for the 24th and 25th, maybe clearing on the 26th. Bad weather equaled reduced air support, which equaled higher casualties. I was on the spot. So far, Cheney had accepted my counsel. But now I did not feel that Norm was giving me sufficiently convincing arguments to take back to Cheney and the President. What should I expect next, a postponement...
...Look," I told Norm, "10 days ago you told me the 21st. Then you wanted the 24th. Now you're asking for the 26th. I've got a President and a Secretary of Defense on my back. You've got to give me a better case for postponement. I don't think you understand the pressure I'm under...
Within half an hour, Norm was back on the phone with the latest weather update. The 24th and the 25th did not look too bad after all. "We're ready," he said. We had a go for the 24th...