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Oblivious to the diplomatic flap, the Afghan rebels were jubilant. Said a spokesman: "With such weapons we can hurt the Soviets, and we give them warning in language they understand that we are not about to quit...
After reading the article entitled "The Flap Over Diana" [in the current issue of What is to be Done"] I felt compelled to share my views. The author, Errol T. Louis, attacked Jeffrey Ferguson's letter to the editors, labelling it "sophomoric." This label was surprising, since the author felt no qualms about quoting a professor, who allegedly likened meeting Diana Ross" a Catholic about to meet the Virgin Mary." This is an offensive and puerile remark, at best...
Reed dismisses the entire flap as politically motivated. He says, "It's the way Washington works. If you can't stand the heat, you should get out of the kitchen." Last week Reed made preparations to do just that. When his current NSC assignment ends next month, he will leave the White House...
...found himself astonished. Then, for the first time, he had an urge, as strong as a clenching fist, to kill them. His coat had a special change pocket cut laterally into the button flap. It was small, but large enough for a tiny, hammerless handgun he owned and sometimes, to his wife's horror, threatened to license and carry. In an instant, he moved his hand and, in a theatrical reflex, leveled a pointing finger at the retreating shapes. With the gun in hand, he knew, knew, he would have fired. Aiming for the legs. But he certainly could...
...flap arose as some American Indians said yesterday they had been too quick to call for Watt firing over statements he made about Indian reservations...