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...town clerk, librarian and a few other regular folks. Republican Conte was a friend of Rockwell's and helped get a stop sign put up so cars would not screech out into the street in front of Rockwell's place, causing the artist to fear that an auto might crash into his studio. Rockwell wanted to paint Conte, but the Congressman never found time, and the artist died...
...African National Congress, an organization that espouses the overthrow of South Africa's white minority government. Over the past five weeks, 13 whites have died in explosions that are believed to have been the work of the A.N.C. Accusing Lesotho of allowing the outlawed organization to give "crash courses in the use of explosives" to militants who flee into the country, Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha initiated the slowdown at the border. Lesotho has long angered its neighbor by its open expressions of solidarity with the A.N.C. and its willingness to accept South African refugees...
...accident, the first major crash in 1986, increased the concern about air safety aroused by the series of catastrophes that made 1985 the deadliest in the history of civil aviation. The number of people killed in accidents in 1985 was nearly 2,000, far above the previous record of 1,229 in 1974. Aerovias officials had rented the jet to handle increased demand for trips to Tikal. Air-traffic controllers at Santa Elena said the pilot gave no indications that his plane was in trouble before it went down. SOVIET UNION A New Dimension in Sea Power...
Mast acknowledged that familiar threats to the recovery still existed: a crash landing of the declining dollar, for example, or a collapse of oil prices could bring turmoil to the international financial system. An American turn to protectionism as a means of dealing with its $145 billion trade deficit poses another risk. So does the vast, unpayable debt being borne by developing countries. But Mast believes that prospects for international crisis management have been greatly improved since U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker launched his campaign last year for closer cooperation among the world's major industrial countries. Said Mast...
...various transferring techniques, such as from wheelchair to bed. "And did you know I married my nurse?" As a matter of fact, they have a son who is six. "When you marry your nurse," he says, "life is complete." In and out of a coma for weeks after the crash, Kassulke guesses he borrowed on something learned in football that he is trading on still. "I knew how to take things in stride, how to size up the competition, how to fight back, I guess. You don't just throw in the towel if you lose the Super Bowl...