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...going south," says Rogers, "and was at my restaurant, you could go down Bow Street, across Depot, across Oak, across West, go through the municipal parking lot, and that would put you out just before the railroad overpass on Route 1, and you'd be clear...
Volcker's rejection of the job was the latest sign of his staunch independence of the White House. Time and again he has refused to bow to Administration complaints that the Federal Reserve should ease monetary policy and reduce interest rates. Some political experts think the World Bank offer was a White House ploy to move Volcker aside before the 1986 congressional elections, but the chairman's turndown is a strong indication that he intends to head the Federal Reserve until his term ends...
...Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. At the time, the two were aloft in separate aircraft, but Weinberger's Gulfstream C-20 transport had not yet been fitted with a scrambler fully compatible with that on Air Force One. "Weinberger made the comment that it may take shots across the bow," the brother of the ham operator told reporters. "The President said, in essence, I don't care what it takes, I want that plane brought down in friendly territory." Pentagon officials said last week that Weinberger was playing the role of devil's advocate and when Reagan gave the go-ahead...
...times in the past, I've been in situations where a boat wouldn't move out of my way. After shouting at them, 'Move out of my way. If you don't move out of my way I'm going to row right through you,' I started bumping the bow of my boat into the stern of their boat, and I forced them to move over...
...crew has a speaker mounted on the bow directed outward at other boats so the cox can do audio-intimidation in a big way," Hatton says...