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...began to pour forth after the return to the U.S. of the last 39 hostages. Some stories were horrific, some implausible, others surreal. There were accounts of the hijackers turning away from stark brutality to administer kindnesses to passengers: fetching a blanket for a young girl with bronchitis, providing cough drops for a passenger with cold symptoms. One terrorist, it was recalled, proposed marriage to the flight's purser; at another point, a hijacker beat a passenger, threatened to shoot him, then apologized and wept with his victim. Passengers became targets in many games of Russian roulette. Here...
...supposed to be easy and effective to use. But the Dalkon Shield proved a health menace to some users, and it has been a continuing financial nightmare for A.H. Robins, which stopped manufacturing the intrauterine contraceptive more than a decade ago. Robins, whose products include Robitussin cough syrup, Chap Stick lip balm and Sergeant's flea and tick collars, last week reported a 1984 loss of $462 million, giving the company a net worth of minus $128 million. Reason: the lingering and costly legal side effects of the Dalkon Shield...
...should be passed this year." Although quibbling with some of its provisions, he spoke favorably of a Treasury plan that would cut income tax rates sharply for both individuals and businesses, while forcing companies that "are not now paying taxes at all, or paying very little" to cough up "their fair share...
...have recently began to exhibit some of the symptoms of consumption. a few words of apology to your neighbors before an examination cannot substitute cough drop...
...clear our vocal cords, give a little cough, and bellow for reform. Then, think a little. Democratic National Committee Chairman Charles Manatt pipes in with the advice that the next nominee come from somewhere other than the northeast or midwest. Others say, let's tap the New Generation of leaders who can lead us into...