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...unexpected. Indeed, the real surprise may be not that Stockman left but that he lasted so long. Particularly after his rival Donald Regan became White House chief of staff last January, Stockman's days were numbered. Yet unfortunately for the White House, the announcement coincided with the climax of negotiations on the budget for fiscal 1986. "The timing was very awkward," said one official. "It added a complication at a very delicate moment." It came during a week in which Reagan threw in the towel on restraining middle-class entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare, leaving Congressmen groping with...
TIME'S stories on the climax of the Beirut hostage crisis [NATION, July 8] were exceptional. But you failed to mention one possible method of preventing terrorist acts against Americans in the Middle East: travel to the region must be severely restricted, if not stopped altogether. David S. Draper Arcata, Calif...
...then, as they come within 200 ft. of each other, go into steep climbs. At the peak of the stunt, the pilots pull out of a 6,000-ft.-high loop, point their planes downward and crisscross paths at a 45° angle. It was during that precisely timed climax that Gershon's plane and another A-4 collided. The pilot of the other plane ejected and parachuted to safety, but Gershon's plane went into a dive that ended in a fiery crash...
...climax of their interaction is too dramatic for its own good: Farhad’s bewildering decision to kill Daniel is foiled when Daniel’s pre-school-aged daughter literally takes the bullet for her father, complete with a slo-mo Platoon-style wail of anguish on Peña’s part...
...Harvard women’s hockey team was riding home along with the ECAC championship trophy it had secured, the focus had already shifted to what will be the climax of the season...