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...death than rescuing American medical students did with invading Grenada in 1983; as pretexts go, it was about on a par with citing arms shipments to rebels in El Salvador in order to aid the contras in Nicaragua. Scoffed Senator Gary Hart of Colorado: "There is always some fig leaf being used...
Weinberger's token anti-smoking campaign is bound to fail. Obviously, it's the governmental equivalent of the parental maxim, "Do as I say, not as I do." On one hand, Uncle Sam tells his soldiers to eschew the evil tobacco leaf, while on the other, he provides them discounts on cigarettes...
Chirac lost no time setting the final stage of his campaign for the premiership in motion. In a series of lengthy sessions in his gold-leaf- encrusted city hall office, he met with leading figures in the conservative coalition in an effort to close ranks and make sure that no one else came forward to claim the premiership. He need not have worried. All but compelled to pick the leader of the major partner in the coalition, Mitterrand quickly settled on the Paris mayor...
Since I had last read this book as a high-school senior, a strong sense of obscene irony caused me to leaf through it. One passage in particular stood out: "Sections are an integral and rewarding part of life at Harvard...
...Music Hall's owner, planned to close it for good. That prompted a nationwide outcry that led New York City to designate the interior a landmark that had to be preserved. After a $2.5 million renovation that restored the original appearance of everything from the 24-karat gold-leaf ceiling to the murals in the bathrooms, the Music Hall reopened...