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...State Henry Kissinger last week about his current counterpart. "I used to do 200 miles . .. he's doing 8,000." Alexander M. Haig Jr., 57, is also breaking records: nearly 30,000 intercontinental air miles since April 8, shuttling between Washington, London and Buenos Aires. In one grueling eight-day period he could have adjusted his watch 22 times, far exceeding Kissinger's single-zone hops between Syria, Israel and Egypt. Following an 18-hr, flight from Argentina, Haig, who underwent triple coronary bypass surgery two years ago in Houston, plunged into eleven hours of talks with British...
...Reagan last week, he was welcomed with unusual warmth. As a military honor guard stood smartly at attention, Reagan spoke effusively of the "common ideals" shared by Italy and the U.S. The reception reflected more than the heartfelt kinship of elder statesmen (Reagan is 71, Pertini 85). During his eight-day U.S. visit, Pertini is being embraced as the leader of a staunch and increasingly important ally-a country that, as Reagan put it, "is no fair-weather friend but instead is an indispensable partner...
...practice should come during the squad's eight-day, nine-game junket to Florida that begins tomorrow After spending his first two seasons as an infield handyman with the junior varsity and varsity. Chicarello found a home last year as Harvard's designated hitter, and for the first time he heads for Florida with a spot in the lineup just about sewn...
That show of strength by the authorities last week was directed against cadet firemen who had staged a peaceable eight-day sit-in at the academy. The cadets had been demanding the same academic reforms being sought by the estimated 100,000 students who had gone on strike at 80 institutions of higher education in Poland...
...Riot police swoop down on Warsaw firefighters school and end an eight-day sit-in by 320 cadets demanding academic reforms...