Word: corneres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hamilton Jordan's corner office in the White House, the mood was equally jubilant. As soon as they learned the outcome on TV, Jordan, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Defense Secretary Harold Brown went to President Carter's private study to share the good news. Later, Treaty Co-Negotiator Sol Linowitz arrived. Carter, who had been watching his own TV, was beaming more broadly than anyone could remember for a long time. The President got on the phone to praise his often criticized Capitol Hill man, Frank Moore, who was proclaimed the "real hero of this thing...
When he went to meet the White House car at the corner of First Street and Delaware Avenue, no car appeared. He waited ten minutes, then he tried several other chauffeur-manned cars parked near by. "Are you looking for Senator Zorinsky?" he asked. None were. He went back to his office...
...into the back seat of his blue Fiat 130. His police driver and his bodyguard sat in front. An Alfa Romeo, carrying three plainclothes policemen, followed closely behind. About half a mile from Moro's home, a white Fiat station wagon came to an abrupt halt at a corner stop sign, forcing Moro's driver to brake sharply. The police escort car slammed into the rear of Moro's vehicle. Then two masked men jumped out of the white Fiat, opening fire on Moro's driver and bodyguard, killing them where they sat. Standing...
...later," she said, "did I realize that it was Moro. They walked toward a light blue car parked a short distance away." She added that Moro moved calmly and did not appear to be injured. The terrorists and their victim vanished immediately. A flower vendor, normally stationed on the corner, reported later that his tires had been slashed the night before; the terrorists clearly had wanted...
...STRAIGHTEN THE MESS ON MY DESK! YOU'LL GOOF UP MY SYSTEM. Thomas Aquinas Murphy, 62, chairman of General Motors Corp., is a casual fellow with gray Brillo hair, thick bookkeeper's spectacles, a heap of optimism and no pretenses. From his 14th-floor corner office behind security-locked glass doors in the Gen eral Motors Building, he looks out at Detroit's soaring Renaissance Center, which is the city's multimillion-dollar bet on its own future, and to him the view is bright...