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...presidential jeans were trim, the snakeskin boots glistened in the Sunday sun and the white knit tennis shirt clung flatteringly to Ronald Reagan's chest. As he chatted with a few friends and reporters on the White House's South Lawn, one newsman complimented him on his flat belly. Having a gym so handy in the White House really helped, said Reagan, adding with a proud grin, "Here, feel these triceps." The reporter gingerly tested Reagan's arm. The muscles were firm. Despite his chest wound and nearly nine months in the Oval Office, Reagan...
...scheduled for a preliminary criminal hearing this week in Illinois. The twins, joined at the waist, have a total of three legs. Their parents, Pamela Schopp and Dr. Robert Mueller, allegedly decided at birth that the twins should be allowed to die. But, though receiving little food, they clung to life. After eight days the state took custody and then brought charges of attempted murder against the twins' parents and their physician. Said Illinois State Attorney Edward Litak: "These kids weren't denied a machine; they were denied ordinary sustenance." No matter how the prosecution turns out, someone...
Begin's justifications for the raid might have been more convincing if a persistent odor of electioneering had not clung to some of his other actions. The day after Begin's press conference, an ugly spate of name-calling erupted between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Peres. Reason: Begin had given the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee a copy of Peres' "personal and top-secret" letter that resulted in one of the raid's postponements. Peres had learned that the attack was scheduled for May 10, the date of the deciding round of French presidential elections...
...heir to Britain's role in world finance following World War I, the U.S. clung to the gold standard. Franklin D. Roosevelt partly revoked it in 1933, when he attempted to help banks by forbidding Americans to hold gold. During the international chaos surrounding the Depression and the beginning of World War II, gold flooded into the U.S. The American gold supply jumped from $4 billion at the beginning of 1934 to $17.6 billion by the end of 1939. The U.S. suddenly held 60% of all the gold reserves in the world, and Washington officials worried about the problem...
...doesn't linger on the horror, although anyone's hindsight makes this movie's underlying tension all the more chilling. Instead, director Josh Waletzky '68 locuses on the culture built up over centuries by the Jews of Poland, and Images acts as a powerful affirmation of a people who clung to hope in the face of the caprice of Europe. Waletzky, together with co-producer Susan Lazarus, has produced a stunning documentary, digging up a wealth of stunning stills and creating an almost surreal setting. The eyes in the manifold black-and-white photos and primitive film footage peer...