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...medication, the men do ask the nurses to give them liniment rubdowns to soften their parched skin. A barber comes in once a week to trim their hair and, if they are feeble, give them a shave. The prisoners are weighed daily and always anxiously demand to know the exact figure, then pass the word immediately to their waiting I.R.A. comrades, who spread it everywhere. Joe McDonnell, 30, dropped from 196 lbs. to less than 100 before he died on July...
...Ford song reflected the self-absorption of the '70s. Ginny Redington wrote the quintessential "me"-decade song in 1975 for McDonald's hamburgers: "You, you're the one ..." Today, says Redington, "it's the exact antithesis. Nationalism is a success formula. Everything is America. 'Clean your face, America.' 'Brush your teeth, America...
Powers said the University has also had the losses appraised, but declined to cite any figures. "It would be almost impossible to determine an exact figure for how much we have lost." Powers said, adding that many of the books are single-copy originals and cannot be given a market value...
...banks agreed on a proposed plan to postpone payment of some $3 billion in Polish debts falling due this year, part of the staggering total of $27 billion that Warsaw owes to non-Communist banks and governments. A Polish government delegation concurred in "the spirit" of the proposal, whose exact terms were not disclosed, but will not give its reply until next month...
...brutality of the camp but stopped short of admitting to any murders. Hermine Ryan told the court she now had "deep understanding and regret" for the sufferings of the prisoners. "I only reject the charge of murder," she added. In the end, the testimony was strong enough to exact the maximum penalty only for Ryan -and for just two murders...