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...death, in 1985, of Simeon Simcox, 80, Anglican rector of Rapstone Fanner, a village some two hours' driving time west of London. The clergyman's will contains a staggering surprise. He has left nothing to his wife Dorothy or his two grown sons Henry and Fred. Instead, the ardent Socialist once known as "the Red Rector of Rapstone" has bequeathed all of his shares in the family-owned brewery, which may be worth (pounds)2 million, to one Leslie Titmuss, a local lad who - has clawed his way into national prominence as a Conservative M.P. and a Cabinet Minister. Dorothy...
Nicaraguans are divided in their assessment of the Sandinistas. On one side are ardent believers who charge that the yanquis are imperialists, the contras are traitorous mercenaries, and the comandantes are true nationalists. To many, the revolution has meant better schools, improved health care, and the forging of a national identity. On the other side are those who understand the Sandinistas to be dedicated Communists, and some would say, with Reagan, that they will stoop to any crime to impose a totalitarian state. As many as 250,000 people have fled Nicaragua since the triumph of the revolution...
...electricity taxes, and do away with seed and fertilizer levies that hamper agricultural diversification. She has said she will try to negotiate better repayment terms for the foreign debt in the hope that export earnings will be freed to stimulate growth. Not surprisingly, businessmen were among her most ardent backers, and Aquino's economic policies are certain to retain a pro-private enterprise tilt...
...President's speech had all the trappings of a major offensive, but in fact he was fighting a rearguard defense. When Ronald Reagan took to the airwaves last week to beseech the nation to continue backing his massive defense buildup, the rumbles of discord threatened to drown out his ardent pleas and shift the public attention from funding the Pentagon to reforming...
...thrashing about once again. It's gone from vagina to clitoris and now seems headed for the brain and back to the vagina. Before you know it, it will come to rest on the elbow or the pancreas. Ralph's Guide to Sex, as yet unpublished, will advise all ardent males to rub everything once. One never knows where tomorrow's sexual climaxes will be located...