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...puff of bad news, as happened to Hart and Biden, and could yet occur to Dukakis. The threat is all the greater for a related reason: without large issues to distinguish the candidates, media coverage has tended to focus on personality and character, tricky subjects for campaigns whose first blast of national publicity may be their last...
From the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut to the mine blast that ripped the hull of the U.S.-reflagged tanker Bridgeton in the Persian Gulf last July, the U.S. has been humiliated by acts of violence that were almost certainly plotted by Iran. But persuasive proof remained frustratingly elusive. Ronald Reagan's threats of retaliation against any terrorists found with American blood on their hands carried a hollow ring on the all-too- frequent occasions when no evidence could be produced. But last week a carefully coordinated military operation in the gulf swiftly altered the image...
There was something instinctively satisfying about the resounding blast of a bottle rocket in a neighbor's mailbox. And nothing compares to the devilish glee of aiming a bottle rocket at a nosy dog and watching it tail him down the street. (Naturally, we made sure he could scamper off unharmed, but we weren't as concerned for the welfare of the ants we rolled exploding tanks over...
...been stationed in Rome, where his duties include covering the Vatican, since 1985, and he accompanied the Pontiff's entourage to India in 1986 and to Poland this year. But this trip had some especially grueling conditions. First, following the eleven-hour flight from Rome, there was the blast-furnace Florida heat. Then there was the pace. Allis often found himself asking, "How do you attend the Mass and the background briefing at the same time?" Then there was the unusually tight security around the Holy Father. To cover a papal Mass at 10 a.m. in Miami, reporters...
Next stop, Grambling. Sam was once treasurer of the college here, as well as treasurer of nearby Louisiana Tech University. He knew practically everyone ^ listening to the candidate, whose voice was a painful crack. The midday blast furnace was so oppressive our socks were soaked...