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...code. British mystery fans and chess buffs alike are turning from P.D. James and Agatha Christie this summer to a real-life riddle that police have yet to solve. Was Theresa Terry murdered? If so, where is her body? The riddle has drawn in the chess columnist for the London Times as well as dozens of would-be Sherlock Holmeses...
...luminaries are what Washington Post columnist Judy Mann calls the "fringe ministers." First there is Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He held massive rallies in Washington, the minor theme of which was the crucifixion of Barry by white racist America; the major theme was the crucifixion of black America by same. His message, the purest of race hatred, was attended by Barry (and wife and young son) and met with wild enthusiasm by a crowd...
...battle at the dinner table. She looks like a casting director's idea of a Bryn Mawr president who must be bodily restrained from adding gloves -- or perhaps even a pillbox hat -- to her already ultra-conservative banker-blue suits and fitted red blazers and pearls. One San Francisco columnist refers to her "vulcanized hairdo," worthy of Margaret Thatcher. Other traits, however -- her stature (5 ft. 10 in. in the half heels she favors) and a steady green- eyed gaze -- bespeak a sense of authority and a sociability that enabled her to be mayor of rambunctious San Francisco for nine...
Boston Globe political cartoonist Paul Szep calls him the Andrew Dice Clay of Massachusetts politics. Columnist George Will says he is the most interesting candidate in America this year. The specter of the 63-year-old bantam president of Boston University occupying the Governor's office terrifies many Bay State residents. But it exhilarates others, who believe a humorless political outsider performing triage on moribund state government can restore it to fiscal health. Either way, John Silber, who on June 2 ensured his place on the ballot for Massachusetts' September primary, makes incredible theater...
...Twin Peaks Summit. Columnist Mary McGrory wrote that the TV show, "wrapped in mists and mystery," provided the perfect moniker...