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Secord had a bird's-eye view of the entire affair. As president of a company selling arms around the world, the retired two-star general provided aircraft and crews to ship weapons to Iran, accompanied former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane on his secret mission to Tehran, purchased short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the contras and was in charge of coordinating munitions drops for the rebels...
...government's standing among its right-wing supporters. So did a crackdown on demonstrations by students in Cape Town and Johannesburg. At the University of Cape Town, where some 300 white, black and mixed-race students gathered to protest the commando raid, police used tear gas, leather whips and bird shot to break up the meeting. On May Day, fearing another wave of unrest, the government banned rallies called by 20 black unions...
BOSTON--Larry bird scored 40 points as the Boston Celtics, playing without Kevin McHale, never trailed and beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 111-98, last night in the opener of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series...
...Bird's layup broke a 2-2 tie and began a 12-2 surge that lifted the Celtics into a 14-4 lead just 4:31 into the game. Bird had four points and three assists in that span. He had 14 points in the first quarter, which ended with Boston in front...
...Boston got 10 of the next 12 points, with Bird and Fred Roberts, who started for McHale, scoring four each. That spurt boosted the lead to 85-69 with 1:08 remaining in the quarter...