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...whispered to American officials, the State Department drafts a biography, evaluates the candidate's credentials and then makes a formal recommendation to the President. If the nominee is acceptable, the U.S. sends an official agreement and the appointment is made public. With some exceptions, consent comes without a hitch. But Astorga's nomination was far from typical and had already attracted too much public attention to be reviewed behind closed doors. One Administration spokesman put it mildly: "It's not the usual problem we have. Generally the candidates are too damned dull...
...remove harmful LDL cholesterol from the blood, but because of her genetic defect this mechanism was not working in Stormie's liver. The hope was that a new organ would cleanse LDL cholesterol from her blood and perhaps even reverse the buildup in her arteries. There was one hitch, however. Says Pediatric Surgeon Basil Zittelli of Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, where the transplant was performed: "We thought that her heart, in its present condition, could not withstand the stress of a liver transplant." And so doctors decided to give Stormie a new heart as well...
There was one hitch: Stewart had trouble fitting his bulky boots into foot restraints temporarily attached to the remote-control arm. These are designed to give the astronauts leverage while they work in the weightless environment. At one point, the frustrated McCandless voiced an earthy expletive. On the ground, at the close of that busy series of activities, relieved Flight Director John Cox told reporters at the Johnson Space Center: "It was a super day. We did all the things we had planned...
Gargano had dropped out of Quincy High School at 17 to join the Marines. After a three-year hitch, he returned home early last year. He did not actively seek a job. "He was restless," says his mother Mary Gargano. "He wanted to get back in the Marines within 90 days so he wouldn't lose his rank." Gargano, then 21, re-enlisted last June. He took part in the Grenada invasion, then was sent to Lebanon. He had been there less than two months when he landed in a helicopter near the temporary U.S. embassy in Beirut. Gunmen...
...would be willing to show visitors treasures as old as the 7th century Sung Dynasty or as capacious as a 10,000 volume rare encyclopedia of Chinese history. This collection owns certain artifacts that even the people of China do not possess, according to Tai. There's only one hitch: almost all the scrolls and manuscripts are printed in Asian languages...