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...recurrent kidney tuberculosis, Aleixandre became part of the Generation of 1927, a brilliant group of young poets that was sundered by the 1936-39 civil war; too ill to fight or leave, he was the only member not killed or exiled. As a republican sympathizer, he was silenced by Franco until 1944. By staying and not submitting, however, Aleixandre became a rallying point for what remained of Spanish literary life and a considerable influence on younger Spanish poets...
...Relations Internationales, a Paris-based think tank, suggested, "It could be some thing as simple as Third World pride. He wanted to negotiate on his conditions. He had told the French that he wanted two months to evacuate [instead of the 45 days stipulated in the Franco-Libyan agreement that became effective on Sept. 25]. It looks like he's going to take his two months...
...Reagan was happy to comply. He made a date in his appointment calendar, and this week the White House will roll out its best red carpet for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The one-day working visit will be used by Kohl to fill Reagan in on the latest Franco-German efforts to promote West European political unity and on Bonn's views of East-West relations. But that does not fully explain the Chancellor's eagerness to become the first major West European leader to visit the President since his reelection. Another Kohl motive...
...week ago inched him over 12,000. It was an embarrassing game that the Seahawks led by 23 points and lost by 15. Patriot Rookie Irving Fryar caught the first touchdown pass of his pro career. Even before Harris had shed all of his armor afterward, Fryar appeared at Franco's stall and quietly sat down next to a bald man with an amiable smile, Bill Gordon, who happened to coach them both in high school. Gordon regarded the two players with the pleasure of an architect imagining his last house adjoining his first. To Fryar, 21, the thought...
...told his new teammates that he isn't here for the yardage, but to win," said Swann. "If they believe him, he'll help them grow." Franco's class has graduated: Swann, Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Blount. "Nobody was bigger than the team," Harris said. "Right now, I'm not even thinking of the record, because I've got to get myself squared away in the system." But he wants to break it, and he would like to be first...