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Signs of hardship abound throughout rural America. In Unionville, Mo., Bud and Hazel Hirst have decided to give away their 476-acre cattle ranch, which is $200,000 in debt. "You can't sell land here," says Bud, 53. "Nobody is going to buy it." The Hirsts have hit on a unique way to lay their burden down. They have collected poems by Hazel, 52, in a booklet titled Bitter Harvest, and are selling copies for $8 each (sample verse: "But hope won't clothe your children/ It can't their hunger salve/ It will not pay the mortgage...
...True Believers are already plotting to move Kirkpatrick into the post of National Security Adviser, now held by Robert ("Bud") McFarlane. But Shultz is opposed to such a switch. He regards Kirkpatrick as too hard-line and erratic. He would prefer to retain McFarlane, who is an ally and has a low profile. Shultz may get his wish. A close friend of Reagan's says, "I see the President relying on McFarlane more and more. I don't think Bud is going anywhere...
...home away from home on the range. Nonetheless, to the eager people who got a glimpse of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and Defender of the Faith, during her trip through the American heartland last week, her mere presence was showy enough. "She's approachable," marveled Bud Precise, a Methodist minister who saw her at Keeneland. "She stopped and smiled at everybody. She's the Queen-you don't see one of those every...
...players were still shepherded around in buses (although the Iraqi team members did their laundry on Bow Street); police boats still patrolled the waters of the Charles around the Harvard bridge; passes were still closely examined, to make sure that any terrorist threat could be nipped in the bud...
...father. Martin Sheen--joins up with the repo men, getting a harsh initiation into the world of jimmying locks, seizing parked cars, and avoiding gunfire from disgruntled debtors. He thought he was tough, but here he meets some people who are really out on the fritz. Here's Bud (played by Harry Dean Stanton), a frazzled repovet who first brings Otto into the business--getting him to help him with a difficult heist--and then befriends him. Then there's Lite, a huge Black repo man, who has a predilection for emptying his revolver into dark houses. Finally, we meet...