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...arriving in Israel, the President had to attend to the pomp and ceremonies that take up so much of a state visit before he could begin his serious talks. He was welcomed by Begin and President Navon in a glare of floodlights at Ben-Gurion Airport as a 21-gun salute boomed through the night. Then the presidential motorcade rolled into Jerusalem where Mayor Teddy Kollek offered him bread and wine, an honor once reserved for Jewish kings returning from battle. According to Kollek this was "the most important visit to Jerusalem
...stage setting portended a momentous congressional hearing. Television lights cast their surreal glare on squads of reporters and photographers. Spectators lined up outside, hoping for a seat in the crammed Senate committee room. The star witness read from a long typed statement in a soft hesitant voice. Each of the six Senators present seemed to want to get in a few words, and three had had their statements copied and distributed in advance. The subject of all this high drama: mental health...
...cause he minds getting wet but because rain turns dry, rustling leaves into a soundless carpet of mush. "If you don't see the deer, you can't hear them in weather like this." Chatting with one an other as they stand around in the glare of headlights and the harsh light of a gasoline lantern, most of the waiting hunters seem honest as they describe their kills. One young man, bringing in his first-ever buck, admits the kill was far from clean. "My first shot knocked him down, but he got right back up," he recalls...
...control of the small plane, for permission to circle for a second, similar practice pass. Permission was granted. The. Cessna was to head east-northeast (70°) for about ten miles and climb to 3,500 ft. before circling west. The Cessna pilots followed instructions, heading directly into the glare of the morning...
...hard, punitive glare has become respectable for liberals who in years past were all for the Warren Court's protections of the offender. One index of the respectability of the tougher line: Edward Kennedy, who owns the most liberal voting record in the Senate, is the co-author of the revised U.S. Criminal Code that would, among other things, abolish parole boards and indeterminate sentences. There is a certain wistfulness in such measures. Says L. Ray Patterson, dean of the Emory School of Law in Atlanta: "The concern of the public is not so much for vindictive retribution...