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...trip. "The center believed then and the center believes now the trip was entirely appropriate, as I'm sure does Tom DeLay," says a source close to the center, which would not comment on the record. DeLay's office maintains the Congressman did important work on the trip, the highlight of which was a meeting with conservative icon Margaret Thatcher. The long-retired British Prime Minister regaled DeLay with an account of her efforts to end the cold war more than a decade earlier. As for Abramoff, a spokesman contends he is "being singled out for actions that are commonplace...
Discussions preceding the summit have often seemed to highlight rather than narrow differences. On arms control, inevitably the main issue in a world living under a perpetual threat of nuclear extinction, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. have exchanged proposals that call for cutting to 6,000 the number of "nuclear charges" in their arsenals, but they differ deeply on what warheads and bombs to put in that category. Progress, if any is possible, awaits a decision by Reagan to agree to some limits on his Star Wars defensive shield, or by Gorbachev to shoot for a deal without any such limits...
...Paddington, the highlight was when the Dorchester based Dis-N-Dat Steel Pan Band got a small group of audience members out of their seats and dancing. “With the Dis N’ Dat band, I think the crowd really appreciated their performance. It was great to see a number of people dancing on the floor and having a great time...
...want to highlight the issues that face graduate teachers,” Reynolds said. “You have teachers teaching alongside each other who are not receiving the same benefits...
Zocalo’s menu covers all the classic bases of Mexican cuisine—burritos, quesadillas, stellar enchiladas, and even fusion “Mexican pizzas”—but the highlight has to be the chiles rellenos...