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...that she had high blood pressure. But it was not until two years ago that she realized what it meant. One day, a friend told her that she was slurring her words; her boyfriend noticed that she was limping; she herself found that she could not comb her hair. She then drove to a hospital, where she learned that she had suffered a stroke...
...impossible that still further charges will emerge; 12,500 cu. ft. of tapes, records and other Nixon documents remain in the White House. They would normally belong to a former President, but because they may contain evidence of crimes, there will probably be some effort to comb through them before they are handed over to Nixon...
Ever careful of possessions, he once called Anjelica in London from Rome to ask: "I can't find my comb. Did you pack it?" She found it and, much relieved, he responded long-distance, "O.K., take care of it for me." He is sometimes subject to gusty emotions. Friends say he has cried when seeing them off at airports. He calls back home to Rain every Christmas to get the traditional family recipes...
After the robbery, teams of agents made a door-to-door search of San Francisco's Sunset district and continued to comb through the entire Bay Area. Their working assumption was that the S.L.A. had several "safe houses" in the area where members could hide out, meet, plan and disband, once again melting into the radical scene. Agents also assumed that the group was so anonymous that lesser-known members, such as Camilla Hall and Angela Atwood, can be sent
Dawn is still some time away when newsmen in radio stations across the country begin to comb the wire-service bulletins and newspapers for the makings of their early programs. Their reach is enormous,* but the product is generally predictable. At its frequent worst, radio news consists of clatters and bleeps strung together by an announcer who has learned to rip and read wire-service copy. Even the morning shows of larger independent stations and network affiliates rarely rise above an intelligent presentation of the moment's headlines...