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...hopes of becoming a major port are pinned on modernizing the bridge to allow passage of bigger ships. Talmadge Memorial was struck by a cargo boom of the U.S.S. Callaghan during military exercises in July 1983, underscoring the need to raise the span from its current 136-ft. height to 175 ft. Price: $90 million. Federal share: $53 million...
Haggerty believes that Russell does so well in throwing events because he is so graceful. He has to be skilled in the circle, since he gives away about 40 pounds and several inches of height to most of his competitors...
...speaker during the last decade of his tenure in the House, O'Neill raised his forceful voice against those who would forget our society's disadvantaged. He led the opposition to Reagan Administration plans that threatened Social Security and aid for education. When Reagan's popularity was at its height, O'Neill's opposition was politically costly, and the speaker was mercilessly lampooned in cartoons. Yet O'Neill's determination to maintain government as the champion of the disadvantaged never waivered. The nation is greater for O'Neill's efforts...
...assistance, hoping that by then the rebels' military progress would attract more support. Such reasoning could be wishful thinking. Last August, the House approved contra aid by a mere twelve votes. Notes Florida Democrat Dante Fascell, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: "A strong President, at the height of his popularity, was just able to drive it through." In the wake of Iranscam, he predicts, "there will be a lot of people saying 'Not this time...
...Lincoln, the moaning continues, he was a "self-made myth." Those school yard taunts about his height haunted him. The Civil War was simply his attempt to overcome a deep-seated fear that he was inadequate...