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...Charley's girlfriend Melanie waited for three hours before learning what had happened. Poor Charley had almost become the jet-age version of the 1959 Kingston Trio hit about the "man who never returned." Declared Charley: "If I had any choice, I'd never fly again. It is a gauntlet of frustrations, insults and hassles...
...such gambits is Bard President Leon Botstein, who scorns them as "desperate marketing of a silly kind" designed for show rather than education. Citing his plan, which is limited to students who rank among the top ten in their high school classes, Botstein says, "We've thrown a gauntlet down to other places on the issues of quality and merit...
...police were on hand in full force. More than 100 blue-uniformed officers, representing major law-enforcement associations, formed an accusatory gauntlet outside the House of Representatives as Congressmen filed in to consider a bill to loosen federal gun controls. Later, after checking their own side arms, the police filled two sections of the spectators' gallery to watch the debate. Joining them was Sarah Brady, wife of White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was shot and partly paralyzed during John Hinckley's 1981 attack on President Reagan...
...drive home his message in the Kremlin's cavernous Palace of Congresses. He began by hailing the 5,000 delegates and distinguished foreign guests at the 27th Communist Party Congress, which had given him a resounding mandate to revitalize the country's sputtering economy. Then he threw down the gauntlet. "Here's to the work we've done, comrades," declared the General Secretary. "And now for the work yet to be done...
Before Enrile and Ramos threw down the gauntlet, Washington seemed content to play for time in the explosive Philippines. In testimony before the Senate Budget Committee, Secretary of State George Shultz urged Congress to avoid "precipitous action" against Marcos. But he hinted that the Administration might consider withdrawing from Subic and Clark if it could be determined that the Marcos government was illegitimate. "Let's put our stake in democracy and freedom above the bases," he said. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger went before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to argue against a cutoff in Philippine military assistance. Said...