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Carter spent much of the day with Rosalynn and Amy visiting Roman ruins. At the Colosseum the President quipped...
...chance this week. The extent to which he is successful may determine if he gets another term. Watching Jimmy Carter in the Roman Colosseum-eyes distant, mind centuries back-one could only hope that the lessons of both grandeur and disintegration spread at his feet would inspire the President. He was still in his cordovans as he walked through the Forum the day before he went to Venice. But there were some things different about...
...affect the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of such plants as peas and soybeans. Scandinavian scientists claim the rain has caused a 15% reduction in timber growth. It can also corrode stone statues, limestone buildings and metal rooftops. In the past two decades, Athens' Parthenon and Rome's Colosseum have deteriorated severely; the prime suspect is acid rain. In the U.S. it may cause as much as $2 billion each year in structural damage...
...like the Romans at the Colosseum waiting to see which gladiator survives," cracked Gerald Carmen, Ronald Reagan's campaign manager in New Hampshire. Carmen and assistants to Reagan's rivals were huddled in a small room beneath the stage where seven G.O.P. hopefuls were debating last week in a Manchester high school auditorium. As the candidates spoke, the nervous aides winced, grimaced, paled and finally relaxed. All the gladiators survived, and none was bloodied. The League of Women Voters' first 1980 presidential forum was considered pretty much of a draw. No candidate particularly shone; none faded away...
...COLOSSEUM BANQUET and Function Room, where Ronald Reagan brought his presidential campaign last month, is a curious restaurant. Squatting in the middle of a glass-strewn parking lot overlooking a smelter, the Colosseum is a little bit of Italy in West Springfield, Mass. After all, there is the Toga Room. And the Julius Room, and the Caeser Room. And the place is curved, in stucco appreciation of the real thing. And there's marble in the bathrooms, except it's peeling near the sinks, where the water has soaked off the backing...