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...notably the grand, absurd, indomitable figure of De Gaulle, at one point trying to rewrite General Eisenhower's D-day speech; at another point refusing to fly in an American bomber until it was repainted with French colors; and finally insisting that a French car, not a U.S. Jeep, be found to carry him into liberated Paris. Clearly the author admires the French and their great hero with all of his nationalistic absurdities. But Schoenbrun's pièce de Résistance never allows affection to stand in the way of appraisal. "De Gaulle," he writes, "understood...
...reported that the ranch, which he uses mostly for pleasure, earned $3,024 from the sale of 14 head of cattle and $3,350 from grazing land that is leased to a neighbor. Expenses totaled $15,479, including payments for a hired hand ($3,839), repairs on a Jeep ($2,363) and "horseshoeing" ($367). All told, Reagan showed a $9,105 loss on the ranch operations, which saved him roughly $4,500 in federal taxes. IRS rules require that ranches like Reagan's turn a profit in two out of every five years to qualify for tax write-offs...
...York City last Nov. 4-the date the U.S. hostages were seized in Tehran-for having draped an anti-Shah banner from the Statue of Liberty. Police arrested a postal employee, Tyrone Frazier, 31, who admitted that he had accepted $200 from Salahuddin for the use of his Jeep, and also Horace Butler, 35, another alleged accomplice...
...funeral took place in New Delhi's Shanti Vana Park, less than 100 yards from a memorial to Nehru. The cortege arrived at 6:30 p.m., with the family riding in a jeep. There was only one slipup: Rajiv began to put incense and camphor on the body before the flag of the Congress Party (I) (for Indira) had been removed. When this was done, mantras were chanted and the pyre...
...ride ended at last at the top of Mudung, a mountain behind Kwangju. The leader of my group pointed to the panoramic view of the city below and said, 'Look. We all love this city.' Then he shook hands, raced back to his Jeep and sped away. Only on the outskirts of Kwangju did I see some army troops, part of an estimated 15,000 who had been ordered to surround the periphery of the city. The soldiers were holding M-16s and guarding an approach to a penitentiary. Some demonstrators were giving them candy...