Word: easterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tirades on sex and religion. Several of his lines had to be blipped from a Saturday Night Live appearance last fall, and HBO was concerned enough about Kinison's raw language to reschedule the debut of his new special, airing this week, partly to avoid having it fall during Easter weekend...
SUNDAY WAS INDEED a happy Easter for Argentinians, whose president, Raul Alfonsin, convinced rebel army officers to abort a plan to launch an offensive against the nations's still fragile democracy. For four days, the officers had plotted in a military compound outside the capital. Alfonsin proved that even in blood-soaked Latin America, the power of suasion can exceed the power of arms. The peaceful victory offers others in a war-torn world an eloquent lesson...
Over 100 fans at Finney Field saw the Crimson (7-2 overall, 3-2 Ivy League) wear down the Tigers on a field that had more mud than grass. Princeton, which entered the game at 1-8 overall, had hopes of pulling off a big Easter weekend upset, but simply lacked the firepower down the stretch...
...hospital has tried to treat its notorious inmate like any other patient. But the futility of that became apparent when St. Elizabeths, maintaining that Hinckley's condition has improved, recommended that a judge allow him to leave for a one-day unescorted visit with his parents over Easter...
...found not guilty by reason of insanity, he has a right to go free as soon as his doctors and the court agree that he no longer poses a danger. But the Government, which would like him to stay locked up, last week went to court to block the Easter excursion. Each new privilege, it fears, is a step leading inexorably to Hinckley's eventual release. "He shot four individuals, and to us he is still a threat," says Secret Service Spokesman Richard Adams...