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From Election Day to the start of Inauguration week, Quayle virtually hid out in his transition office opposite the White House. He gave no speeches or interviews, made no television appearances. Instead he devoted most of his time to cramming on subjects he will need to know a bit about if he is to give cogent advice to President Bush -- or take over If Something Happens. At least three times on most weekdays, including several sessions over lunch, Quayle tried to absorb the expertise communicated by the most knowledgeable tutors his staff could round...
...host nation for the U.N., the U.S. is generally obliged to permit anyone to bring his case to the world organization, though it reserves the right to exclude security threats. In 1974 Arafat appeared before the General Assembly, an empty pistol holster conspicuous on his hip. At first, Shultz hid behind the flimsy excuse that Arafat had not formally asked for a visa. Then Arafat called the American bluff by making the request through the U.S. consulate in Tunis. The State Department said it would "severely scrutinize" his application. The possibility that the Americans might refuse the visa had angered...
...manner worthy of Michael Corleone. In 1935 Mariano Marcos was unexpectedly defeated for a third term in the Philippine House of Representatives by a neighbor, Julio Nalundasan. When the victor flaunted this triumph in a humiliating manner, Ferdinand, who had been a member of his university's shooting team, hid in the orchard one night outside Nalundasan's home and at an opportune moment coolly fired two shots from a long-barreled .22-cal. pistol. Ferdinand was found guilty of murder but was eventually freed by the Supreme Court of the Philippines -- after an intervention, Seagrave says, by the ever...
Medical tests taken after Brawley was found showed no evidence of rape. Other forensic tests found under her nails traces of carpeting from the house where investigators claimed she hid during the four days of her supposed abduction but which Brawley denied being in during that time...
...announcement of confidence in victory hid an uneasiness within the ruling party, which has long garnered 70 percent of the vote in elections--usually through bribes and electoral fraud. It was tentatively reported that Salinas had captured only 41.8 percent of the vote. Cuauthemoc Cardenas, the candidate of a leftist coalition, received 34.9 percent of the vote, and the right-wing National Action Party's Manuel Clouthier gained 16.4 percent of the population's favor...