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TASS implied that the U.S. had planned the course deviations that took Alight 007 into Soviet territory, since "relevant U.S. services followed the flight throughout its duration in the most attentive manner." Hinting that the jetliner was on a spy mission, it added, "So one may ask that if it were an ordinary flight of a civil aircraft. . . then why were there not taken any steps from the American side to end the gross violation of the airspace of the U.S.S.R.?" TASS said that 'leading circles" in the Soviet Union express "regret" over the loss of life...
Glowing with moral indignation, the Presi dent applied brimstone, aiming sulfurous blasts at the Soviet Union. "There is sin and evil in the world. And we are enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might . . . America has kept alight the torch of freedom . . . Let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness - pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware they are the focus of evil in the modern world...
...repay borrowings on time and in full. Says Nicholas Hope, chief of the World Bank's external-debt division: "Trying to solve the debt problem without solving the economic problem is much the same as putting out the fire in the ashtray when the living room is alight...
...leather dinner jacket with cobraskin lapels. Around his neck he wore his mother's gold lorgnette and a heavy gold watch chain that had belonged to his grandfather, an admiral like his father. He stood beside his old toreador outfit, which was on display, his pale blue eyes alight with reminiscences of his grand entrance at the 1926 ball. He remarked proudly that he could still fit into the costume, flower-lined cape and all. Clearly, Erté would like nothing better in his 90th year than to toss roses once again to his new, appreciative fans...
...this sort of thing rather well," Prince Charles had reflected. "It's a pity we can't export it." Well, of course, they can and they did. On a rare day of sun in a sorry summer, England came alight in celebration. This was a day of rejoicing that suggested, at a time of violence and uncertainty, nothing less than a national renewal. Three-quarters of a billion people the world over watched the full panoply of the British monarchy and discovered, beyond the gilded coaches and swirling colors and delirious silks, a grand but homey occasion...