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Kopit has certainly dramatized some weighty matter in the past--genocide (Indians), stroke victims (Wings), and dead fathers (the classic Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad). But nuclear holocaust is of a whole other dimension, and Kopit here chooses to take a personal approach...
...fighter my biggest drawback was [that] I was a boxer, not a slugger. The crowds wanted knock-outs, blood and guts. I would go the distance and always out-point my opponent. Finally I hung up the mits. There was no money and I felt my health was more important...
...expand the already bloated military budget from $292 billion to $397 billion. That the Administration's priorities are so screwy is nothing new. Which is all the more reason that the press treat its pronouncements and proposals with a maximum of scrutiny and a minimum of carelessness--even when hung over...
Merrimack, a Division III school which had defeated Harvard last year at Briggs, 63-62, was never really in the game. Although the Warriors hung within eight points at the half (when Harvard led, 45-37), an early second-half Crimson spurt sealed the game...
...Said Furmark: "Casey placed a call to Don Regan but couldn't get him. He then tried Poindexter and could not get him either. Finally he called North and said, 'There is a man here who says you owe him $10 million.' He chatted with North for a while, hung up and told me, 'North says the Israelis or the Iranians owe you the money.' I protested the runaround. He called a subordinate and ordered him to see what agency files contained on Lake Resources. He got his answer and told me that the only reference to this bank account...