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...authorities seized several other dissidents; among them was Leszek Moczulski, leader of the Confederation for an Independent Poland. Under Polish law the dissidents can be detained for 48 hours without formal charges. At week's end five were released, but others will probably be held longer. The regime seems bent on isolating the workers from the antigovernment intellectuals...
...good reason to be nervous. An ABC News-Harris Survey completed early last week showed that the respondents favored a Republican-dominated House of Representatives, 47% to 43%. Maryland Congressman Michael Barnes, who acted as spokesman for the worried congressional group, insisted that his colleagues were not solely bent on self-preservation. Said he: "The prospect of a Reagan presidency is sufficiently appalling that we feel a responsibility to sit down and figure out what we can do to forestall...
...last, and she approached the beam needing a 9.9 to tie Davidova, a 9.95 to win outright. Until this Olympics, she had not scored below 9.95 Son the four-inch wide apparatus, and there seemed no reason why she could not lift her score again. But her knee bent ever so slightly on a difficult 360° rotation, and she lost her balance for a millisecond after a patented front flip with a half twist. Even so, she seemed tinged with gold...
...slender man dressed in a gray postal uniform rang the doorbell of an elegant $250,000 house in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Md., one morning last week. He brought two special delivery packages for the occupant, Ali Akbar Tabatabai, 49. As the balding Iranian bent over to examine them, the "mailman" killed him with three shots from a 9-mm pistol concealed in a sheaf of envelopes...
...perform exercises are among the most common recommended by doctors and physical therapists as insurance against the miseries of backache. They include a series of squats on tiptoe while holding a chair for balance; sit-ups that include touching the toes; pushing forward as far as possible on a bent knee; curling forward while seated in a chair; and tucking knees to chest while lying flat on the back. Their purpose: to firm up the various muscles, such as those of the abdomen, chest and hips, that support the spine; only a few minutes of daily exercising should suffice...