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Bitterly disappointed by the breakdown of the ceasefire, Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland William Whitelaw tried patiently to put it together again. To calm the anxieties of the Protestant community, ever fearful of being swallowed up by the Irish Republic, he emphasized that the province would remain a part of the United Kingdom "as long as the majority of the Ulster people want to keep the connection." He added flatly that he was not "out to let the gunman and the bomber...
Whatever is done-and any dramatic move by the Vatican is highly improbable-Gijsen himself is clearly a man distressed. A few close to him say he is on the verge of a nervous breakdown-his third. Among his last public words was an almost poignant lament: "If the Pope would only tell me, 'Boy, you have made a big mess out of this,' I can tell you, I would thank our dear Lord on my bare knees to be rid of this job." Of all possible solutions, that seems the least likely...
...magic mountain may have taken offense at these pettifoggeries, because more ill fortune fell on the expedition. When Dr. Herrligkoffer returned, he suffered either a mild heart attack or pulmonary edema. Then the Italian, Leo Breitenberger, suffered a lung seizure, which was followed by a mental breakdown. Austrian Werner Haim sustained a severe leg injury, and several others fell ill. That left only two Austrians and the three British, who spent more time arguing over who was to lead than in actual climbing. The British quit in disgust, and soon the remaining Austrians were forced down by inclement weather...
...that Cronin's Restaurant violates the state sanitary codes. At the meeting the waitresses said that David Harris president of the Cambridge Civic Association had agreed to sit on a committee to mediate the strike. Ackermann said she would be willing to sit on a committee to investigate the breakdown of negotiations between Cronin and the HSWOC...
Perhaps the most jarring postflight experience befell Armstrong's fellow moon walker, Buzz Aldrin. Unprepared for the hectic demands on his life (ticker-tape parades, speeches, world tours), Aldrin was on the way to "a good, old-fashioned American nervous breakdown," turned to psychiatric treatment, and resigned from NASA. Now writing his autobiography, to be called Return to Earth, he talks candidly about his illness. He has also become an ingratiating salesman on TV commercials...