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...Kremlin, bent on spreading Communism through the hemisphere. When the question of what to do about the Sandinistas comes up at National Security Council meetings, Reagan assumes what one aide calls his "Churchillian mode." The normally amiable and relaxed President sits up straight in his chair; his eyes flash, his lips tighten, and his hands ball up into fists. Throughout Reagan's political career, stopping Communism--along with reducing the size of Government and cutting taxes--has been an idee fixe. Nicaragua, in Reagan's view, is the place and now is the time to take a stand. So committed...
...iniquity, it looked any other normal room at the Holiday Inn. A nice room, even: plush carpet, sofa, chandelier. But this was no average hotel room, I reminded myself; this was where three-dimensional women with intellects and personalities are instantly transformed into two-dimensional sexual objects in a flash of David Chan's camera...
During the programs, 800 numbers continually flash onscreen, encouraging viewers to phone in their requests, comments, prayers or pledges. (The show's name derives from an early crisis when, in order to stay on the air, it needed 700 donors to send $10 a month.) CBN just passed American Airlines as the nation's heaviest user of WATS telephone lines. On-camera operators take the messages, sometimes suggesting local help and often relaying news of miracle cures for Robertson and Kinchlow to pass along to the audience. Kinchlow, 49, has known a miracle or two himself. He was drifting...
...Rather of CBS first heard the news in his New York office and raced into a "flash" studio set up for such crises, going on the air without makeup or his customary contact lenses. His counterparts, NBC's Tom Brokaw and ABC's Jennings, were at a White House briefing, in preparation for Tuesday's scheduled State of the Union address, when Presidential Chief of Staff Donald Regan announced the news. The two anchormen raced out of the room together, heading for their Washington studios. Brokaw got a taxi first, but Jennings beat him onto the air, sliding into...
...Sylvan center in Walnut Creek, Calif., Aaron Ruiz, 8, frowns before an audiovisual machine. Like many other youngsters, Aaron has had learning problems: his school wanted to put him into special-education classes, but his mother brought him to Sylvan. A teacher shows Aaron flash cards that say HUG, LUG. He misreads the first word as bug, then catches his mistake. When he corrects it and completes the test successfully, the teacher rewards him with four yellow tokens. These can be exchanged at the "Sylvan store," where pupils trade their accumulated tokens for such goodies as Super GoBots, giant sunglasses...