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Such turnabouts have seemed appropriate to Panama lately. Since former Strongman General Omar Torrijos Herrera and his 13-year one-man rule were brought to an abrupt end by a plane crash in 1981, the country seems to have been playing musical executive chairs. In less than three years, Panama has had three presidents, all in office with the blessings of the military. But that could change with the presidential election scheduled for May 6, the first such election after 16 years of military-backed governments. The Reagan Administration does not view the resignation with any great alarm, encouraged that...
...crash of boards echoed all night, but some of the toughest checking took place in mid-ice. Martin, who's listed at 6-ft., 2-in., 175 lbs. but plays a lot bigger, ripped the helmet off Yale center Morrie Tobin early in the first period...
...most horrifying recent incident occurred on the set of Twilight Zone - The Movie in July 1982. While shooting at 2 a.m., Actor Vic Morrow and two Vietnamese children were killed when special-effects explosions caused a helicopter to crash into them. A hearing is now under way in Los Angeles to determine whether Director John Landis (who, coincidentally, also directed Jackson's Thriller video) and four others should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter...
...When you crash, it takes a little longer to get back," he apologizes. "You have to retrieve your sled." In the '60s, before he weighed 210 lbs., when he was a pretty handy 6-ft. 1-in. basketball player, Tucker thought of trying out for the Puerto Rican Olympic basketball team. But dreams, like pounds, like years, slip by faster than luge racers flip from their sleds. Finally last year, he says, "I got the name of the president of the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee out of the New York Times. They sent me a beret. The rest...
...being hit. It was in trouble and just made it across to Honduras." Another witness, Santo Andre Valledares, 24, recalled: "When the gringos arrived, they fell out of the chopper and one looked to be dead. The Sandinistas kept up their fire for a full five minutes after the crash...