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Summoned to Kansas City for a meeting with Mafia Leader Nick Civella, who died in 1983, Glick testified, "He told me I should cling to every word he said because 'You don't know me, but if it was my choice, you would never leave this room alive. If you listen, you may.' " Civella told Glick to give Rosenthal a free hand in running the casinos...
When Reagan met with his staff to sort out his year's priorities, the President was told he could not cling to the Rose Garden. "You will have to sell the country," said an aide. Replied Reagan: "I'm ready...
Still, some members of the Old Guard stubbornly cling to power. Such veterans as President Li Xiannian, 76, and Marshal Ye Jianying, 86, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Politburo and vice chairman of the party's military commission, continue to command a following in the military establishment. While they accept the reforms, they are said to harbor some doubts about their pace and scope. Among the most formidable of the pragmatists' adversaries is Chen Yun, a central planner who masterminded the Soviet-style economic programs of the '50s. He is said to believe that...
...adjoining Georgia. Shevardnadze studied history, but his true specialty has long been law-and-order. In 1965 he was named Georgian minister for maintenance of public order, a euphemism for head of the local police. That has always been a challenging job in Georgia, the transcaucasian republic where residents cling stubbornly to their local language and customs and where corruption and black-marketeering have been endemic. Shevardnadze quickly established a reputation as a crime buster, both as the republic's top cop and from 1972 as Georgian party secretary...
...some reason he still cannot explain, Ward keeps this letter and another one Reagan writes a couple of weeks later. Though Ward throws away dozens of letters from bigger stars over the years, he continues to cling to these...