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THERE'S A FAMOUS PICTURE IN OUR OFFICE OF A COWBOY SAYING "THERE WERE A HELLUVA LOT OF THINGS THEY DIDN'T TELL ME WHEN I HIRED ON WITH THIS OUTFIT." WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC-DIPLOMACY OUTFIT? I really didn't know what to expect. The morning after the President announced my appointment, the Vice President saw me and said, "Karen, my condolences. You just took the hardest job in government...
...dice. A onetime compulsive gambler, Roberts, 62, weathered his years of wagering better than many. He never lost his wife or his home--although he has refinanced the house nine times. "Cards and Vegas were the two biggest things in my life," he says. "I'm a helluva poker player, but I have one serious flaw: I can't get my ass off the chair...
Reagan, drawn into playing good cop to Shultz's bad, turned to Gorbachev. "This is a first for us," he said. "Our predecessors have not accomplished a helluva lot. Let's you and I work together" at solving the remaining obstacles. The two leaders should not let themselves get bogged down by squabbling aides. "To hell with the rest of them," he snapped. Gorbachev agreed. The two men shook...
...roads. More than 150 fire engines and crews numbering in the hundreds lined the paths. "This is where m we're staying put, we hope," said Tim Exline, acting fire chief of the town of Corte Madera in Northern California's Marin County. "We're going to make a helluva stand." Home after home was saved during the night. Said one man whose house remained standing: "Have you ever heard a tree explode? It's like a bullwhip. I was scared to death...
...Fuller was an aspiring filmmaker, a promising pulp novelist, and a seasoned crime journalist. Fuller’s experiences show a man defined by wanderlust, an evaluation supported by his justification for enlisting to fight in World War II. “I had a helluva opportunity to witness the biggest crime story of the century, and nothing was going to stop me from being an eyewitness,” he said...