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...spoilsports tried to dampen the Jubilee spirits-with scant success. Dustmen in Hammersmith, who had originally demanded $58 in extra pay to clean up post-Jubilee litter, eventually settled for $17. The Socialist Workers Party managed to sell some badges urging STUFF THE JUBILEE, and the Movement Against a Monarchy claimed great success in its sale of auto bumper stickers proclaiming ROT ALL RULERS. But an anti-Jubilee rally in London attracted a grand audience of eight...
...choice but to indulge the illusions of his adopted niece, who is entranced when he slips around a corner and mimics a radio broadcast, complete with an interview with Winston Churchill. At the end, when she and Jacob are deported to a camp, he says nothing to dampen her uncomprehending glee at taking a trip...
...other developments last week were also likely to dampen CIA morale. Director Stansfield Turner, making what he called his "most difficult decision in 31 years of military service," fired two middle-level agency employees for "lack of good judgment." Their mistake, Turner told the Senate Intelligence Committee, was helping a former colleague to purchase 500 explosive timing devices to sell to Libya. When he learned of the situation, said Turner, he "lost a lot of sleep" and "worked hard for some days to decide what was fair to them and best for the welfare of our intelligence operations." CIA sources...
...loss, Harvard's first of the season, failed to dampen Park's enthusiasm for his team. He gave yesterday's contest a kind of Tom Lasorda post script, noting that "it was a great ballgame to watch and we were beaten by a real strong pitcher. We'll be ready romorrow, though...
While still Deputy Secretary, Vance was dispatched to dampen the 1964 anti-American crisis in the Canal Zone, thus beginning his remarkable set of peacemaking missions for Johnson. In 1965 Vance's skills as a negotiator helped settle a civil war in Santo Domingo, and in 1967 he lent a calming hand to the Army's occupation of Detroit, where violent race riots had killed 43 people...