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...President has always devoted inordinate attention to minor matters. He held four or five consultations this month on the case of Belgian-born Anne Brusselmans, a hero in the World War II Resistance, and personally supervised a successful effort to cut through the red tape that had denied her resident status in the U.S. Although he has been unwilling to grapple with the controversy over his new budget plan, he was so moved by the stories of the Amtrak train wreck that he asked that some of those cited for performing heroic deeds be brought down this week...
...answer lies on red clay courts far from Wimbledon or Flushing, where on summer mornings teenagers meet to work on their strokes and serves. They dress in fashionable warm-up outfits or immaculate whites adorned with well-known logos and swing imported Volkl, Kneissel or Belgian "Snauwaert" carbon racquets. Hovering nearby, track-suited trainers murmur advice. The days are a regimen of practice matches, endurance training and chalkboard strategy sessions, followed by evening shape-ups with sports psychologists...
Yuppies beware! The pricey European food products favored by young urban professionals may soon become even dearer. President Reagan threatened last week to slap new quotas and tariffs on such imports as French white wine, Perrier water, Heineken beer, Guinness stout, Swiss and blue cheese, and Belgian chocolates. The curbs will be phased in beginning May 1 unless the European Community rescinds restrictions imposed last month on $1 billion worth of imports of U.S. soybeans, corn and other agricultural products. Says Secretary of State George Shultz: "If we can't work something out, then we've got to fight...
From our New York bureau chief comes word that Harvard's all-time leading scorer, Joe Carrabino '85, is no longer playing in the Belgian League. Instead, Carrabino is playing with a touring American team made up of former college and pro stars...
...dissent. Some 80% of Haitians are nominally Catholic, and the clergy has spoken out more since the 1983 visit of Pope John Paul II, who criticized the Duvalier regime and assured the downtrodden population "I am with you." One day after the July referendum, a 78-year-old Belgian-born priest was beaten to death by thugs. Three other priests, including the director of the Catholic-run radio station Radio Soleil, were expelled from the country in July...