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...crush is growing increasingly intense as Americans drop plans to go to Europe. At the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort in Miami Beach last week, Kenji Seki, a Los Angeles restaurant manager, was enjoying the sun and surf. Three weeks ago, he canceled a trip to Monte Carlo because he was wary of traveling abroad. When a group of women from Pasadena, Calif., arrived at the Santa Fe Opera Theater last week, a member of the group explained that "we're supposed to be in Madrid, but we came here instead...
...Harvard band "Bored of Education" seeks to crush its MIT, Brandeis, and Boston University opponents tonight, during the second-annual Intercollegiate Battle of the Bands...
...group agreed on four principles, which were subsequently presented to President Reagan: Marcos' ability to govern with the consent of his people had ended; any effort by him to crush the reform movement would only worsen the situation; it was of great importance to the U.S. that force not be used; and it would be damaging to U.S. standing in the world if Marcos were treated like the Shah of Iran, who was admitted to the U.S. for medical treatment but was not permitted by the Carter Administration to remain. As it turned out, Marcos was less worried about...
...military installations, Subic Bay Naval Station and Clark Air Base, at stake, the Administration did not want to rush into a denunciation of Marcos. The Philippine leader has a reputation for ruthlessness, and U.S. officials were concerned that he might use loyal elements of the military to crush his opponents. On the other hand, the White House did not want to be seen as abandoning Aquino, thereby driving at least part of the moderate opposition into the arms of the Communist New People's Army...
...President's chateau while on assignment, causing no small consternation among the rest of the press corps. Some officials were dismayed by the flippant article he produced. Titled While Lenin Slept, it tosses out cheeky descriptions. Three KGB types are slurred as the "kind of lugs who crush walnuts on their heads because it feels good." Said one top U.S diplomat: "It was one of the most damaging things to U.S.-Soviet relations I've seen." But Playboy was pleased. Ron has, says his editor Barry Golson, a "very deft, light style...