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...this came about leaked out in bits and pieces all last week from bewilderingly varied sources: an account published by a pro-Syrian weekly magazine in Beirut, a public speech by the speaker of the Iranian parliament, guarded private comments by government officials in Washington and Jerusalem, even a Danish sailor's revelations about a voyage through the Persian Gulf. Some of the more mind-boggling versions of the tale had touches of melodrama that might have come from the most lurid spy fiction: a presidential envoy slipping into Tehran bearing (so the Iranians claimed) presents of pistols, a Bible...
...dusty Pan Am shuttle terminal in New York City, balloons, powder blue T shirts, Danish pastries and champagne greeted bleary-eyed passengers as they queued for the maiden 6:30 a.m. flight to Washington. Over at the Eastern shuttle, where pre-emptive "upgrading" of the service began last summer, the attendants were more attentive than ever. When a New York filmmaker boarded the 9 a.m. shuttle to Washington carrying a half-eaten sandwich, an attendant exclaimed in mock horror, "Don't tell me you brought your own bagel?" Behind her lay rows of orange bags bearing the Eastern shuttle...
...Extreme Prejudice, a Christmas release in which she has her first dramatic role, as a Mexican singer. Alonso, 29, does not worry about being stereotyped as a fiery Latina. With predictable confidence she says, "I can play the roles Meryl Streep plays." Wonder how her Polish and Danish accents are coming along...
...Danish-born socialite, acquitted last year of twice trying to kill his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, also said the offer included his renouncing of any claims on his estimated $14 million share of her $75 million gas and utilities fortune, her Newport mansion and their luxurious New York apartment...
...demand that the whole Soviet civilian nuclear program be subject to international control." In West Germany, Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher urged Moscow to shut all nuclear-power plants similar to the one at Chernobyl. The West Germans asked that an international team be allowed to visit the site. Danish Prime Minister Poul Schluter called the situation "intolerable and extremely worrying." In Poland, where officials said there could be a sharp increase in cancer rates in the next two to three decades as a result of the mishap, people were especially angry. Said one Warsaw resident: "We can understand...