Word: hills
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that didn't have a real name. It just said HOTEL on a little bitty sign. It was real pretty inside. Filled with antiques. The hotel didn't have a restaurant, but the nice lady at the desk sent us next door to an old house up on a hill behind some shrubs. It didn't have any sign at all. Inside was a big room with lots of real old furniture. It was just beautiful. All the tables had crystal bowls filled with roses, and the food was the best we had anywhere. Everyone was so kind and polite...
Reagan will need to use all his famous political skill to push back the increasing sentiment for strong sanctions that is sweeping Capitol Hill. Last month the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to clamp a total trade embargo on South Africa and force U.S. companies to withdraw their investments. Last week the Senate headed down a similar path as it considered three draft bills calling for sanctions. "The policy of the Administration is a disgrace and an embarrassment," charged Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy. "The Congress must act now to put the U.S. back on the right side of history...
...everyone applauded the move. Capitol Hill accepted the Administration's assurances that since Bolivia was not a combat zone, the President need not consult with Congress under the provisions of the War Powers Act of 1973. But a few critics were uneasy about the possibility that someday American soldiers could find themselves in a shoot-out with drug gangs. Others expressed concern about the increasing use of the military in civilian law-enforcement procedures. While finding "no serious problem" with the Bolivia operation, Allan Adler, legal counsel for the A.C.L.U., was worried that "if drug smuggling can be declared...
...help." Recalls Elizabeth: "This was at a stage when she wouldn't make her bed. But she had the Sigourney Serious Look -- and when you see it, you act." Now the Wasp princess trades in her deb gown for khaki and operates the potato-peeling machine at the Hill of Isaac Kibbutz. "I tried to improve the machine's performance, and for a $ while it did work faster. So fast that it blew up. The supervisor said I was a humiliation to the Jewish race." That adventure ended in three weeks...
...Beacon Hill, 1 Beacon...