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REAGAN'S LEAD in the polls in large, perhaps insurmountable, and in that respect Mondale's performance may have been to no avail. But, to paraphrase his own words, it is better to lose a campaign based on the issues of compassion and fairness rather than win one by appealing to self-interest. And now, there's a glimmer of hope that Mondale could even win on the right way-or, at least, swing a few congressional seats in trying...
...fails to finger any one suspect. Instead, he devotes four pages, complete with reconstructed dialogue, to Cardinal Villot's last meeting with John Paul I, on Sept. 28, in which the Pontiff outlines his proposed personnel changes. Villot, according to Yallop, "advised, argued and remonstrated, but to no avail." Yallop speculates that the Pope was poisoned, perhaps by someone tampering with a bottle of low-blood-pressure medicine called Effortil that the author says John Paul I kept at his bedside. Yallop insists that inconsistencies in the Vatican's account of the papal death and the absence...
...some unknown reason she felt pain only on the left side. She has had three operations on the recalcitrant nerve, but at most these provided only a few months of respite. She has tried acupuncture, hypnosis, narcotics, electrical stimulation, antidepressants, heat therapy, ice-water therapy, all to no avail. Four years of suffering have conditioned her to cradle the stinging limb against her body, as though an invisible sling were holding it in place. The left hand has been used so infrequently that the muscles have visibly wasted away. Although the nails are beautifully manicured, the skin on her hand...
Students throughout the year tried to get the University to change the date, writing 3 petition to President Bok, among other actions--but to no avail Harvard officials said that Jewish legal authorities had told them that it is acceptable for stu- dents to attend Commencement ceremonies after attending morning holiday services. They did promise, though, to make every effort to make sure such a conflict did not arise in the future...