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...Alexandria, Carter was met by the largest, most enthusiastic crowd of the Egyptian visit. An estimated 1 million people lined the 3??-mile drive along the Mediterranean Sea wall from the railway station to Ras el Tin Palace, where the Carters stayed. That night Sadat was host at a gala state dinner...
What spiritual meaning, indeed, could be found in the briefest pontificate in more than 3?? centuries? Perhaps, reasoned some Catholics, John Paul was preaching a final sermon to his beloved flock, a reminder of the fragility of human existence and the unpredictable but inevitable fact of death. "His death reminds us how small and how weak man is, that life and death are mysteries, that we are in God's hand," said Willebrands. "That is why we also have faith...
...summit's first weekend, the participants took a respite from diplomacy when Carter, at military-buff Begin's request, organized a 3??-hour excursion to Gettysburg's Civil War battlefield, some 17 miles north of Camp David. As the group viewed monuments and century-old cannons, Carter attempted to lighten the mood by joking that the gun had a range of three miles, vs. 300 to 400 yds. for the cluster bombs that the U.S. sold to Israel after the 1973 war. Sadat and Begin somehow managed a laugh. But reporters accompanying the entourage noticed a marked lack of warmth...
...convinced that Gulfs investments in increased exploration and production will eventually pay off. McAfee is under no illusion that the company's problems can be resolved soon. Gulfs turnabout, he says, should be about complete when he is ready for retirement at 65?and that is not for another 3?? years...
...victims over the past 3?? years have been police informants and potential prosecution witnesses. But most have been mobsters. Among those killed were Sam Giancana, who abdicated as the Outfit's leader in 1965, and Richard Cain, an ex-cop who served as a top aide to Giancana. The latest to die was top Triggerman Charles (Chuck) Nicoletti, 62, an Accardo protégé. He caught three .38-cal. slugs in the head on March 29 while sitting in his blue Oldsmobile sedan outside the Golden Horns Restaurant in suburban Northlake. For good measure, the assassins fire-bombed...