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...Philippine National Assembly cheered and booed passionately as politicians on the turquoise-carpeted floor below walked through their parts. One at a time, brown envelopes containing vote totals from each of the country's 147 voting centers were presented to the legislators for inspection. Tallies were read aloud, and results posted on green tote boards that were lined up before the 200 mahogany desks of the Assembly. Charges flew that some envelopes were improperly sealed, that entire towns had been eliminated from some of the tallying documents. Jeers and accusations rocketed back and forth, and recording the objections...
Reagan replied with an anecdote of his own. He told of a Marcos election worker who had allegedly pitched a supply of Aquino ballots into a ditch, and he doubted aloud that anyone would try to cheat by doing that. Said the President: "If he was really trying to get away with fraud, you'd think he'd have burned those ballots...
...could hear what was wrong with a motor 90% of the time. Good ears and 50 cents'll get you a cup of coffee these days, if you shop around." As a gorgeous P-38 rattled down the field, Buchanan called its tubercular chorus "music" and gave thanks aloud for "people with the kind of money to keep these things going...
They are asked to say their names aloud for the benefit of the group. Ralphy refuses. Michael says his name, smiles and looks playful. He gently places a piece of popcorn on Betsy's head. "Who will recite the group rules...
...could catapult the 36th-largest U.S. oil company into the ranks of the oil giants. Pennzoil's stock, which stood at $49.875 a month ago, closed at $66.125 last week. Upon hearing Casseb's ruling, Pennzoil Attorney Joseph Jamail and Chairman J. Hugh Liedtke exchanged bear hugs and laughed aloud. When a reporter asked a jubilant Liedtke whether he still might settle with Texaco, he replied, "We're always willing to discuss matters. The problem is that dealing with Texaco is like trying to frisk a wet seal...