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...sorts. The group reads like a Laundry list of Catholic casualties-an unwed mother, an agnostic who's had two abortions, a homosexual and an alcoholic wife beater who constantly wets his pants. The students, who all blame their problem on Sister Mary's repressive dogma have come to embarrass her. In the course of their confrontation, the nun shoots two of her students and chases another away, while the fourth is held at gunpoint despite his pleas that he be excused to go to the bathroom...
...gulf: "Mine laying is beyond the capabilities of the usual terrorist group. A government has to be involved, but no government is going to take responsibility for this sort of terrorism." Speculation quickly centered on two radical Islamic nations with reasons of their own to disrupt Western shipping and embarrass Egypt: Iran and Libya...
Referring to the former presidential candidate's efforts, he said. "I'm interested to see if Jesse Jackson can do something--it may well be that the Russians will let him in to embarrass Reagan...
...there were 16,375. More significant, only 9,841 currently have "full performance" ratings, compared with 13,133 before the PATCO strike. About two years are required for neophyte controllers to be fully certified, so many council organizers favor rehiring some of the fired controllers. That would embarrass the Reagan Administration, which made much of its toughness when It fired the controllers. But if air traffic continues to increase, the nation's pool of qualified controllers may be the resource most readily available for ending the delays without compromising air safety...
There seemed to be no comparable case of a political figure's embarking on foreign relations during a campaign. As New York Times Columnist James Reston noted, "The Communists would do almost anything to cooperate with Mr. Jackson in order to embarrass Mr. Reagan." Charging that Jackson was "interfering with the constitutional rights of the President and Congress to conduct foreign policy," Reston also suggested he might be in "violation of the Logan...