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...restoration of the death penalty, a measure she has always personally supported. She also announced that talks with Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald about Northern Ireland would take place in November as planned. "We are not," a senior aide vowed, "going to give in to the bomb and the bullet." -ByJayD. Palmer. Reported by Bonnie Angelo/London
Given this judgment, it is hard to imagine what Cheever could have done to please his daughter. She suffered when he was exultant and when he was miserable. The mixed reviews and lackluster sales of Bullet Park (1969) sent him into a tailspin that nearly killed him. His drinking accelerated: "It became clearer and clearer that my father was the worst kind of alcoholic. He seemed intent on destroying himself." The strains in his marriage to his wife Mary broke violently into the open: "When we children were at home during these years between 1969 and the mid-1970s...
...China Airlines jet. During the 5 critical seconds, said Loterina, he heard the sound of running feet the metal stairway and looked up to see Aquino about four steps from the bottom. At that moment, he saw a hand appear behind the opposition leader and fire a bullet into the back of his head...
First Chicago officers pointed out that in order to avoid dragging out the problems, they wrote off even more loans than regulators had suggested. William Isaac, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., praised First Chicago's action. "The bank's bitten the bullet," he said, "and they should be commended...
...shrouded the moors the night Lord Edgar brought his bride to Mandacrest. Portents of dread creaked in every dank corner of the ancient manor. The bride's sepulchral maid remained loyal beyond the grave to the first Lady Hillcrest, whose portrait was known to bleed when a stray bullet punctured the canvas. On nights when a full moon peeked through the clouds, Lord Edgar's Karloffian butler showed a disconcerting tendency to sprout wolfs hair...