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...pope sat in a chair for about a half hour a medical bulletin said, after saying in a tape-recorded Mass that he forgives "that brother of ours who shot...
...Quincy House library is a familiar one: the click of calculator buttons punctuates the hum of the air-conditioners; xeroxed notes and newly-bought textbooks cover the tables; House residents sit in plush armchairs and sofas, silently shaking their heads. But a notice on an otherwise empty bulletin board, labelled "Recent Acquisitions," gives a visitor the first indication that something is different here...
...morning two weeks ago, some New York City commuters living north of Manhattan awoke to a radio traffic bulletin even more dismal than usual. Because of a turbine breakdown at a Conrail power station, their trains into the city would be half an hour behind schedule. Fearing that the delays could be much longer, thousands of travelers took to their cars. But just as rush hour reached its bumper-to-bumper peak, a 4-sq.-ft. section of cement roadbed in the southbound lane of Manhattan's elevated West Side highway suddenly collapsed and tumbled to the ground below...
...There was a jumble to sort out. The President was O.K. But then he wasn't. They took him to the White House. No, to a hospital. Was it serious? Not very. Yes, very. Maybe ... And so on through the long Monday afternoon, the emotions buffeted by every bulletin-sinking at the report of White House Press Secretary James Brady's death; rising warily when the report is denied; a freeze at news that the President is undergoing surgery; a thaw when someone repeats a Reagan joke. Who was that fool who asked if the operation was going...
...declared a strike alert over the firing of five hospital employees. On Saturday, Lodz union officials scheduled a series of warning strikes for this week unless the five are rehired. The Solidarity chapter in Plock, meanwhile, prepared to issue a strike alert to protest censorship of their local union bulletin; entreaties from Warsaw union leaders, however, convinced them to hold...