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Reagan was nonetheless elated by the Republican success. From Bonn, he placed a phone call to G.O.P. Leader Robert Michel on Capitol Hill. "We pulled it off!" exulted Michel. "That's terrific," replied the President. Said Michel afterward: "At least we have really made a start." Indeed, simply by showing that it could agree in principle on a spending plan, Congress gave a jolt of confidence to the jittery U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrial aver age shot up more than eleven points the day after the House budget passed. The long-term reaction of business leaders and financial...
...whole event seemed something of a throwback to a meaner time, particularly all the advance rhetoric about the old black-and-white argument. But afterward, Holmes spoke nicely on the "Great White Hope" subject too. "I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish," Holmes said. "I fought th fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head...
...invited to dinner at the home of a Chinese classmate was asked to "come rather late and wear dark clothing so nobody will notice that a foreigner is coming to our house." The plea was understandable since Chinese who openly consort with foreigners know they will be visited soon afterward by Public Security agents demanding to know what the conversations were about...
...Galtieri and his fellow junta members, Admiral Jorge Isaac Anaya, 55, and Brigadier General Lami Dozo, 53, took part in a Mass and Te Deum in Buenos Aires' Metropolitan Cathedral that celebrated the 172nd anniversary of Argentina's equivalent of the Declaration of Independence. Said Galtieri afterward: "At this time of patriotism, the sons of our land from the army, navy and air force will be singing the national anthem, even in their trenches." Galtieri publicly rebuffed a conciliatory letter from President Ronald Reagan marking the anniversary. In a return letter, Galtieri declared that Argentina was "surprised" at the support...
...attack routed the Iraqi forces with an ease that surprised even the Iranian commanders. By noon, two Iraqi divisions and two border guard brigades had been surrounded and almost entirely taken prisoner; the rest of the Iraqi force of about 12,000 men was fleeing. Said an Iranian captain afterward: "Some were so frightened that they threw themselves into the shaft and struck out for the Iraqi shore. I saw a few drown. They could not swim, and their comrades, desperate to save themselves, let them go down...