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President Reagan pronounced that Walsh's decision "satisfies our problem, which has been . . . concern about national security." Reagan's critics claim that the President, who has praised North as a "national hero," may have let the ex-Marine off the hook without taking the politically risky step of formally pardoning him. Late last week Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell indicated that he wanted a Senate committee review of Walsh's decision. Already the judge has postponed the planned Jan. 31 start of the trial in the wake of these new developments. If the rest of Walsh's case collapses...
...owner, he does. It's hard to answer. Actually, it's kind of Monopoly money. But we're putting in $20 million, which we had to borrow on a ^ recourse loan. So if I fail, I'm on the hook. But making $100 million was not my motive by any stretch of the imagination...
...HOOK...
Instead of a pension, however, Samson now gets a whole new Deighton trilogy, beginning with Spy Hook. Line and Sinker are the titles of the projected other novels, suggesting an activity more passive and a lot murkier than tennis. In this new work, Deighton's temptingly baited plot lines run dark and deep. The first half offers more nibbles than bites as Samson discovers just how little his bosses want him to know about their intelligence operations...
...life in the public fishbowl makes on their families. One woman recalls being followed into a public rest room and accosted about her husband's position on abortion. Another describes taking a family vacation after a grueling re-election campaign, only to find the hotel telephone ringing off the hook. One political wife even carries a supply of her husband's cards to give constituents who badger her in public. Jeanne Simon, wife of Illinois Senator Paul Simon, tries to head off such pressures by carving out regular private time with the candidate. "We ask that the staff...