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...dominate a large room with an aura of apparent self-confidence, but in one-on-one conversations he is surprisingly guarded. He often uses one-liners to deflect questions he does not want to answer. When he forgoes the quips, his replies are carefully phrased to neutralize any hint of boastfulness. He seldom initiates talk about the broken neck and shattered shoulder he suffered in combat with the Germans in Italy's Po Valley in 1945. But if pressed, he can movingly recollect how his neighbors took up collections that helped pay for his operations. Privately, Dole comes across...
...pungent smell of incense is the first hint that this apartment on Brattle St. is not your ordinary home. Pinned up against the wall are flyers advertising Psychic Healing, Crystal Therapy, and classes ranging from meditation to massage. Several kitchen chairs and tables on which are spread colorful crystals and velvet bags of runes comprise the only pieces of furniture in the room. One table by the window has a plate of cookies and a selection of herbal teas...
...undiplomatic anger. Speaking to an American Legion delegation, he declared, "We want to raise the cost to those animals that hold the hostages." Yet Shultz, a strong advocate of last April's U.S. bombing of Libya to punish Leader Muammar Gaddafi's support for terrorism, shied away from any hint that Washington would launch military action to free kidnaped Americans in Lebanon or take reprisals against their captors. Said Shultz: "We should not go running around using our capacity for force right and left...
...fundraising dinner on Thursday the governor dropped the biggest hint so far about his larger political ambitions...
...presence. The disputes forced Reagan to focus and drew him toward decisions. But in two years as chief of staff, Donald Regan has kept most of such controversy away from the President. Regan generally mediates the battles and presents the President with sanitized position papers that give little hint of the cacophony outside. Says one alumnus of the White House staff: "Regan sits through two-hour meetings, then gives the President a two-minute synopsis. Reagan does best when he is challenged. Regan has taken away the challenge...