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Holding a gun that had not been fired and did not have a bullet in its firing chamber cannot be considered synonymous with almost killing someone...
...assassination attempts also demonstrated how quickly the Secret Service can tumble from being lavishly praised to facing stern criticism. No margin of error is allowed in its duties. After Squeaky's loaded gun failed to fire because she had not pulled the slide to force a cartridge into the chamber, Agent Larry Buendorf keenly spotted the gun's glint and wrestled the weapon away from her before she could try again. He became a hero. The still unnamed agents who decided last week that Moore was no risk were shown, of course, to have been painfully wrong...
Then it was Patty's turn. Newsmen and spectators in the crowded chamber strained to get a good look at the defendant in Case No. 74-364: The United States of America v. Patricia Campbell Hearst. Sitting near her at the witness table was her cousin, William Randolph Hearst III, 26, the first member of her family she saw after her capture. They had been close friends, and he seemed on the verge of tears. They avoided each other's eyes...
...stroke of 5 last Thursday afternoon, doors parted in the ornate council chamber of Geneva's Palais des Nations, and a four-man Egyptian delegation marched solemnly into the cavernous chamber. Minutes later, from another doorway, appeared three Israeli representatives. Face to face for the first time in 15 months, representatives of the two longtime Middle East antagonists took seats at tables carefully spaced 25 feet apart. Between them, at a third table, sat Finnish General Ensio Siilasvuo, commander of United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East...
...Prime Ministerial Adviser Mordechai Gazit for the Israelis−signed. After Siilasvuo signed on behalf of the U.N., he asked, "The ceremony is over. Are there any points to be raised?" The delegates shook their heads. Then, as stiffly as they had arrived, each side marched out of the chamber...