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...used, each voter is given both a Democratic and a Republican ballot and told to mark whichever one he wishes. Wisconsin has a history of sending signals to candidates: to John Kennedy that he was on the way to nomination in 1960; to Lyndon Johnson that he was in grave trouble in 1968. This year the signal was that voters are turning away from the Democrats. Last week, for the first time in 20 years, the Republican vote topped the Democratic vote, and heavily, 895,000 to 621,000. Moreover, enough independents and Democrats voted for Reagan to make...
When the emaciated patient checked in under the private escort of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and his family, doctors who first examined the ex-Shah thought his state of health might be less grave than reported. Rumors circulated that the Shah had even felt fit enough to play a round of tennis a few days earlier in Panama. After Sadat emerged from a brief courtesy call to the Shah's third-floor suite Tuesday morning, he sounded relatively sanguine about the Shah's plight. Said the Egyptian President, grinning confidently: "He is running a high fever today...
snow above the grave...
...city of Seattle is one of the biggest draws that Boeing has to offer. Though its seasons seem perpetually drizzly and Puget Sound's reputation for rain, fog and cradle-to-grave mildew is widespread, Seattle actually has less annual precipitation than New York City, Atlanta and even Houston, a fact that civic boosters take endless delight in pointing out to new arrivals. The region also offers the quiet self-confidence of a major metropolis, complete with civic center, a nationally recognized opera, ballet and theater, and the National Basketball Association champion SuperSonics...
John Calvin died at 54, after a long and tormenting illness. The man who had sought to impose his will on the world had a peculiar last request: he wanted to be buried in an unmarked grave. The wish was respected. Today no one knows the great reformer's final resting place. But the book offers an epitaph: "He meant what he said." The reverse is true for this imaginative biography: Norton-Taylor performs the considerable task of saying what Calvin meant...