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Haig, appearing before reporters and cheering subordinates in the State Department auditorium, simply read aloud his letter of resignation, which he had finally delivered, three hours after it had been accepted. He said about his successor Shultz: "My own knowledge of George and his experience, professionalism and integrity gives me the utmost confidence." Reagan and Haig both opened by announcing that they would answer no questions, and both left the podium quickly, ignoring shouts of "Why?" Reagan went by helicopter to Camp David shortly after his appearance. Later, a top White House aide was asked how Reagan felt about...
...midmorning, the black limousines had begun nestling side by side in front of the faded blue and green Central Committee building in Moscow. Arriving in small groups, nearly 300 members of the Communist Party's ruling body filed into the auditorium for a closed-door conclave. Ostensibly, the main object of the special meeting was to discuss a plan to increase agricultural production. But shortly after the start, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, 75, in his role as General Secretary of the Communist Party, made an announcement that added a new element to the most popular pastime in Moscow: speculating...
...pick up the theme in her 1883 oration, "The Perils of Luxury." A niece of Nellie's was at the 100th commencement last week. Ruth Haddock, 90, drove her 1963 Dodge from her home on the south side of town near the depot up to the new school auditorium on the north side of Greenfield. She took in all the proceedings, declared them worthy of her Aunt Nellie, pointed out that there was still peril in luxury and drove back home again beneath scowling thunderheads that were bridged by a double rainbow...
...Greenfield auditorium was full, a tribute to the century that had been and to all those families that have lived on the land and want to stay. There were memories of Theodore Roosevelt, whose muscular idealism enraptured the town at the turn of the century, as well as stories of men who had fought at Belleau Wood in World War I and the Bulge in World War II. And always there was talk of the weather, of drought and flood and tornado and sun. Many on this graduation day had left their tractors and corn planters bogged down in fields...
...past few weeks, Jamie B. Raskin '83 has been invited to almost 20 dinners, cocktail parties and receptions. He has even been offered the opportunity to see Peter, Paul & Mary perform at Hynes Auditorium with comedian Chevy Chase and television celebrity Robin Williams. The offers have been come from a large-town mayor, area lawyers and state legislators...