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...elected to the House in 1960, then won his Senate seat in 1968. As a drafter of many key civil rights laws, he was proudest of his role in that "peaceful revolution." For years he exemplified the style, balance and intellect that were once characteristic of the proud upper chamber. Yet when his own party came to power under Ronald Reagan, he found himself at odds with the G.O.P. right. Mathias was the only Republican in the Senate to vote against Reagan's 1981 tax bill...
...first of countless demonstrations--includi ng one organized by the Coalition to Free Soviet Jews and another protesting the Afghanistan invasion--pressed against police barricades. As Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and Secretary of State George Shultz hymned the praises of peace inside the vast General Assembly chamber, sharpshooters crouched on nearby rooftops, police helicopters whirred overhead, and U.S. Coast Guard boats patrolled the East River, which courses past the U.N.'s great green-glass tower. Divers, meanwhile, plumbed the river depths looking for bombs. To protect the visiting potentates will reportedly require the vigilance of more than half...
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...only room that comes close to conveying a sense of the objects in context is a display of a 17th century royal tent, its rich, red silk velvet embracing more than 600 sq. ft. of space, its seven arches per side at once defining and opening an intimate chamber of carpets and pillows...
...ornate chamber of the International Court of Justice in the Hague last week, lawyers for Nicaragua charged the U.S. with attempting to overthrow the Sandinista government, using the contra rebels as one of its tools. The lawyers made their case in the World Court before an empty row of leather chairs reserved for the American side. The U.S. is boycotting the proceeding: last year the Reagan Administration announced that while it would continue to recognize the court's jurisdiction generally, it would not do so for two years in matters involving events in Central America...