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...door to Wen Ho and Sylvia Lee since 1980, believe their friend is capable of doing what the U.S. government suspects: passing to China some of the most damaging nuclear secrets in U.S. history. "I've gone from shock to compassion to outrage," Jean says. "This just doesn't jibe with anything I know about...
...near the Golden Gate Bridge, withdrew permission to use its Baker Beach as a landing site. Something about 400 Marines storming up the shore with 20 five-ton trucks and two dozen 14-ton assault vehicles, and then engaging in pitched battle -- albeit simulated -- on the grounds didn't jibe with the Presidio's more family-oriented mandate as a national park. Undaunted, the best and bravest are training their sights on another choice battleground -- San Francisco International Airport. Check in two hours in advance, fellas...
Allegation 4: that Frank offered to "snitch on lefties for the FBI," as an unsavory tabloid put it. Again, the baselessness of this charge can be quickly deduced from its failure to jibe with what we know of Francis Albert's character. Leaving aside for the moment the question of how the Rat Pack may have gotten its name, consider: If Frank Sinatra had been angry at communists, would he have sneakily tattled on them? Of course not. He and his pal Jilly Rizzo would have headed for the nearest saloon where the dirty reds hang out, picked...
...That doesn't jibe with anything Buster Johnson can remember. Mitchell's paternal grandfather does not see the divorce as a problem. The last time he saw Mitchell, Buster says, "there was nothing unusual going on." Not on the surface, perhaps. If there is a motive in this case, it may lie in a world that only children are privy...
...because the kid couldn't get it you rig it or buy it. That's the problem people are having with it." The critics harbor a more obvious sexism. Women's sports--perhaps because they're in a protected, infant stage--involve consensus in a way that doesn't jibe with pure, aggressive competition, critics say. If women are going to turn sports into some chick soap-opera drama, they argue, then perhaps women shouldn't be given the hardwood floor...