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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the report was issued, nose counters projected an 11-to-4 Senate Intelligence Committee majority for recommending Gates' confirmation. Now the count is thought to be 8 to 7 -- and nobody is sure which side would wind up with the eight. The committee will question Gates again in closed session this week, but is likely to put off a vote, possibly until all congressional investigations of the Iran-contra affair are concluded. That would be a "solution" satisfactory to nobody; Gates would be running the CIA as acting director, probably for many months, but with a cloud hanging over...
...Runnin' Rebel of 1980, Flintie Ray Williams has worked his way up in the years since, from blackjack dealer to pit boss at the Golden Nugget. "It's not a hard profession to break into," he explains. "All you have to do is count to 21." Among Williams' old college playmates, Eddie Owens is dealing at Caesars Palace and Sam Smith is valeting cars. Williams is quick to add that "at a hundred and a half a night, a lot of people would park cars. You can be a porter in this town and make...
...last count, about 25 states, including Utah, Michigan, California, Ohio, Texas, and New York were competing to house the acceleration...
Ball--who also received an opening-round bye--smashed Soli Mata, 3-1, and then Mehmad Nathini by the same count...
...rated Moulin de Mougins, one of the few restaurants in the south of France where the Duvaliers do not risk having their reservation turned away by hostile locals. Then the couple usually retire behind the walls of their villa and watch television. By the former First Lady's own count, every 15th day she gives her husband a manicure...