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...behalf once, and one of Hawkins' campaign commercials shows her conferring with Reagan on the White House portico. Hawkins has played up the "character issue" in her campaign, even trying to gain political capital from painful back surgery last spring that forced her to wear a neck brace. In one of her TV spots, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole extols Hawkins' courage: "It will take more than a back operation to stop her." The candidate is presenting herself as a caring politician, highlighting her work for abused and missing children and the elderly...
...Catliff took more than just experience away from his international play--he must wear a two-foot metal and plastic brace to protect his wounded knee...
...just hate it when I have to go down and tackle with that brace," Catliff said. "That thing always flies off, and I have to take time and put it back...
...Decrying what he called the "hysterical stampede" against South Africa, Botha challenged Mugabe and Kaunda to "put their money where their mouth is and introduce comprehensive sanctions against this country." Zambia condemned Pretoria's action as "blackmail and intimidation." Mugabe, on his return to Zimbabwe, told his countrymen to brace themselves for hard times. "All thought of luxury and comfort will have to go," he said. "It is just like...
...weeks earlier. From April 9 through 17, Tokyo played host to its second official season of fashion shows, 33 in all, featuring standout work not only by Miyake and the other two members of the Tokyo triumvirate (Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garons) but by a brace of younger, less familiar talent. Although the so-called Japanese look has got roughed up--even as it has been ripped off--by the fashion establishment, and much of the fashion press tries to write it off and wipe it out, the Tokyo shows demonstrate a true trade surplus...