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...Satan. The Iranians had to be assured that the emissaries they met were acting with Reagan's authority, and so they demanded arms transfers that only the President could authorize. Perhaps so. But it is also possible that what they were really doing was subjecting the U.S. to a crude form of blackmail...
...Hartford Courant, the New York Times, the New York Post and the New York Daily News, all of which are strewn about the small room. There is a darkened pool table in the corner. A silent, unblinking pinball machine. A deck of cards scattered across a deserted table. A crude hand-lettered chart on the wall. It lists a series of men's names alongside numbers, above which is written in block letters, WEEKLY POOL...
...temporary pact, which holds only through the end of the year, did not impress oil traders. After the announcement, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate Crude fell from $15.19 to close the week at $15.02. OPEC must meet again in December to set 1987 production levels, and many analysts think the current agreement may collapse, perhaps sending the price of oil back below...
...course, no one admits engaging in such superstitious thought, at least not in these crude terms. But it is hard to deny that New Yorkers have a fascination with the supernatural. How else can one explain the press' fixation on the coincidence that Ms. Steel visited the same bar as Ms. Levin. Perhaps that lurid den of iniquity was the root of the problem...
While Malcolm is busily looking for original ways to feed his cockatoo electronically, Frank's lover, Judith (Linda Davies), moves in. She is a worldly but compassionate woman. What she sees in the crude, abusive Frank is unclear. She is charmed by Malcolm's naivete, and the two become friends...